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Paving the empire road : BBC television and black Britons / Darrell M. Newton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Darrell M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- British Broadcasting Corporation.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Television broadcasting.
- Television and politics--Great Britain--History.
- Television and politics.
- West Indians--Great Britain--Public opinion--History--20th century.
- West Indians.
- Great Britain--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Beginning in the 1930's and moving into the post millennium, Newton provides a historical analysis of policies invoked, and practices undertaken as the Service attempted to assist white Britons in understanding the impact of African-Caribbeans, and their assimilation into constructs of Britishness. Management soon approved talks and scientific studies as a means of examining racial tensions, as ITV challenged the discourses of British broadcasting. Soon, BBC2 began broadcasting; and more issues of race appeared on the screens, each reflecting sometimes comedic, somewhat dystopic, often problema
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Radio, race, and the Television Service; 2. Television programming and social impact; 3. Voices of contention and BBC programming; 4. A Black eye; 5. Contemporary voices from within; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252 - 259) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781847797674
- 1847797679
- 9781526143617
- 1526143615
- 9781781702840
- 1781702845
- 9781847794604
- 1847794602
- OCLC:
- 818847514
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