Armchair nation : an intimate history of Britain in front of the TV /

'But what does your furniture point at?' asks the character Joey in the sitcom Friends on hearing an acquaintance has no TV. It's a good question: since its beginnings during WW2, television has assumed a central role in our houses and our lives, just as satellite dishes and aerials h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moran, Joe, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Profile Books, 2013.
Temas:
Television broadcasting > Great Britain > History.
Television broadcasting > Great Britain.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Télévision > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Television broadcasting.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Switching on
  • A waking dream
  • A straight pencil-mark up the sky
  • The pale flicker of the Lime Grove light
  • The invisibile focus of a million eyes
  • The dance of irrelevant shadows
  • A barrier against the silences
  • The age of warts and carbuncles
  • A glimmer on the dull grey tube
  • Closedown.

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