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1938 : Social Change and Visions of the Future.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Law, Michael John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Partial history
  • Chapter 2: Representations of modern life in 1938
  • Being modern â#x80;#x93; speed and size
  • Newsreels
  • Cigarette cards
  • Modern wonders for boys and young men
  • Material aimed at adults
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Glasgowâ#x80;#x99;s Empire Exhibition
  • Design of the exhibition
  • Visiting and experiencing the exhibition
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Big-screen televisions and push-button radios
  • Stages in disseminationRadio in 1938
  • Radio broadcasting in 1938
  • Television in 1938
  • Television sets
  • Programmes
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: The Adelphi Building
  • The original Adelphi
  • The intrusion of the modern world
  • The development of head offices in Britain
  • The Adelphi Building
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: Picture Post â#x80;#x93; The modernity of everyday life
  • The origins of Picture Post
  • The look and content of Picture Post
  • Celebrity culture in 1930s Britain
  • Other 1930s ordinariness
  • Ordinariness and democratization
  • ConclusionChapter 7: Cars, coaches and charabancs at the Prospect Inn
  • The growing popularity and luxury of charabancs and motor coaches
  • Entertaining the charabanc tripper
  • The halfway house
  • New arterial roads and the Prospect Inn
  • Charabancs and class separation
  • Providing for the respectable working-class drinker
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Britainâ#x80;#x99;s new airports
  • Interwar aviation and public admiration
  • Interwar aviation and passenger travel
  • Networks
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion
  • Class and wealth
  • Americanization