The Age of Asa
Lord Briggs, Public Life and History in Britain since 1945
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 311 pages
978-1-349-48337-2 (ISBN)
Description
Asa Briggs has been a prominent figure in post-war cultural life - as a pioneering historian, a far-sighted educational reformer, and a sensitive chronicler of the way in which broadcasting and communication more generally have shaped modern society. He has also been a devoted servant of the public good, involved in many inquiries, boards and trusts. Yet few accounts of public life in Britain since the Second World War include a discussion or appreciation of his influential role. This collection of essays provides the first critical assessment of Asa Briggs' career, using fresh research and new perspectives to analyse his contribution and impact on scholarship, the expansion of higher education at home and overseas, and his support and leadership for the arts and media more generally.
The online bibliography of Asa Briggs' publications which accompanies the book is available on the The Institute of Historical Research website here.
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XII, 311 p.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-48337-2 (9781349483372)
DOI
10.1057/9781137392596
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Person
Jennifer Aston, University of Oxford, UK
Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University, Australia
David Cannadine, Princeton University, USA
Francesca Carnevali, University of Birmingham, UK
Malcolm Chase, University of Leeds, UK
Matthew Cragoe, University of Sussex, UK
Martin Hewitt, University of Huddersfield, UK
John McIlroy, Middlesex University, UK
Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Siân Nicholas, Aberystwyth University, UK
James Raven, University of Essex, UK
Jean Seaton, University of Westminster, UK and is the Official Historian of the BBC, UK
James Thompson, University of Bristol, UK
Daniel Weinbren, The Open University, UK
Content
Preface; David Cannadine Introduction: Asa Briggs and Public Life in Britain Since 1945; Miles Taylor PART I: HISTORY 1. The Interconnectedness of Things: Asa Briggs and Social History; Rohan McWilliam 2. A Little Bit of a Victorian? Asa Briggs and Victorian Studies; Martin Hewitt 3. Victorian Capitalists and Middle-Class Formation: Reflections on Asa Briggs' Birmingham; Francesca Carnevali and Jennifer Aston 4. Asa Briggs and the Remaking of Australian historiography; Frank Bongiorno 5. Asa Briggs and the Emergence of Labour History in Post-War Britain; John McIlroy PART II: BROADCASTING 6. From the Daily Mail to the BBC: Communications in Britain, c. 1896-1922; James Thompson 7. Broadcasting Carries On !: Asa Briggs and the History of the Wartime BBC; Sian Nicholas 8. Asa and the Epochs: the BBC, the Historian, the Institution and the Archive; Jean Seaton PART III: UNIVERSITIES 9. Back to Yorkshire: 'Asia' Briggs at Leeds, 1955-1961; Malcolm Chase 10. Asa Briggs and the University of Sussex, 1961-1976; Matthew Cragoe 11. Asa Briggs and the Opening up of the Open University; Daniel Weinbren 12. From Worcester to Longmans: Devising the History of the Book; James Raven