Overview
Examines the history of the BBC World Service, from its interwar launch, through World War Two and the Cold War, to the breakdown of the British Empire
Expertly analyses BBC archives and internal communications to reveal a full history of the World Service and the significance of debates about the role of the UK in the world
Considers the future of the BBC both in terms of its global role but as a national broadcaster in our current politically-turbulent times
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Reviews
“Johnston and Robertson have marshalled an almost overwhelming amount of archival material into a coherent whole, covering all five continents from 1932 to 2018, whilst still producing a very readable, knowledgeable and engaging account. Archival research is at the heart of this book, with a wide variety of sources fruitfully placed in conversation with each other. … this volume makes its fascinating history available to a new generation of scholars in an erudite and accessible form.” (Emily Oliver, Archives – The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol. 55 (2), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Gordon Johnston is Honorary Fellow at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the editor of Social History.
Emma Robertson is Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, Australia. She is the author of Chocolate, Women and Empire: A Social and Cultural History (2009) and co-author of Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain (2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: BBC World Service
Book Subtitle: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018
Authors: Gordon Johnston, Emma Robertson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31855-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-35560-6Published: 26 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-59522-8Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31855-8Published: 14 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 338
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, World History, Global and Transnational History, Cultural History, Political History, Media and Communication