Asa Briggs

Dados Biográficos

ID3586635
NOMEAsa Briggs
PRENOMESAsa
SOBRENOMEBriggs
ASSINATURABRIGGS A
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Sussex
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS162
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES192
TOTAL COMO AUTOR159
TOTAL COMO EDITOR3
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1950
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2014
ÍNDICE H6

  • Modern Europe, 1789-Present

    Asa Briggs, Patricia ClavinBOOKModern Europe, 1789-Present2014

    Now covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day, this major new edition has been completely revised and brought up-to-date. The approach embraces the whole continent from both national and regional perspectives, and combines political survey with grass roots 'people' history. Bringing this history vividly to life, the authors use a very broad range of sources including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspaper…

  • Mass entertainment

    Open AccessAsa BriggsCHAPTERAustralia's Economy in its…2012

  • The Longmans and the book trade, c .1730–1830

    Open AccessAsa BriggsCHAPTERThe Cambridge History of the Book…2009

    The House of Longman, founded in 1724, which survived for 270 years, through seven generations, might well have come to an early end in 1755 with the death of its founder, Thomas Longman (1699-1755). The word 'conger', describing the group participating in the sale, was familiar to both Thomas I and Thomas II, although its meaning changed over the course of the eighteenth century, as did the words 'publisher' and 'publishing'. The history of seri…

  • The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain

    Open AccessMichael F Suarez, Donald F McKenzie et al.BOOKThe Cambridge History of the Book…2009

    This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identit…

  • The Labour Party as Crucible

    Open AccessAsa BriggsARTICLEThe Political Quarterly2006Citada por: 2

  • Building the Northern Rock

    Asa BriggsARTICLEThe English Historical Review2003

    1Lewes, Sussex Building the Northern Rock StephenAris LondonJames and James 2000144£21

  • Michael Young

    Asa BriggsBOOKMichael Young2001

    Michael Young has often been described as a key figure in twentieth-century British history. He has also established an international reputation in the United States as well as in the Third World. Two of his books, Family and Kinship in the East End and The Rise of the Meritocracy, have been best-sellers. He gave new significance to family studies and coined the word 'meritocracy'. While his effervescent writings burst with ideas, he has played a…

  • Shorter note. The Victorian World Picture. Perceptions and Introspections in an Age of Change. David Newsome

    Asa BriggsARTICLEThe English Historical Review1999

    Journal Article Shorter note. The Victorian World Picture. Perceptions and Introspections in an Age of Change. David Newsome Get access ASA Briggs ASA Briggs Sussex, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 457, June 1999, Pages 757–758, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.457.757-a Published: 01 June 1999

  • Shorter note. The Victorian World Picture. Perceptions and Introspections in an Age of Change. David Newsome

    Asa BriggsARTICLEThe English Historical Review1999

  • Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

    Asa Briggs, Alan IsaacsBOOKWho's who in the twentieth century1999

    From Albert Einstein to the Marx Brothers, this authoritative reference book provides biographies of men and women from different countries and cultures who have contributed to the thought as well as the action of the twentieth century

  • Fins de Siècle

    Francis Fukuyama, Asa Briggs et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1997Citada por: 2

    As we approach the new millenniun, we find ourselves re-assessing the past and looking forward to the future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a sense of an ending? In this book, experts on every century since the 14th each explore the characteristics of a different final decade and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in history. The writers - Paul Strohm on the 1390s (when …

  • The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom

    Asa BriggsBOOKHistory of Broadcasting in the…1995

  • History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom

    Asa BriggsBOOKHistory of Broadcasting in the…1995

  • From Peace to War

    Asa BriggsCHAPTERHistory of Broadcasting in the…1995

    This chapter provides information regarding the BBC during the time leading up to the Second World War. The first Director-General, Sir John Reith, left the BBC in June 1938 and the Ullswater Committee recommended in its report, which shortly followed this, full governmental control over the organization in times of crisis. Questions relating to the BBC's policies in time of war, behind the scene politics, censorship arrangements, and security co…

  • The Charter

    Asa BriggsCHAPTERThe History of Broadcasting in…1995

    This chapter focuses on the charter of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It explains that the report of the Crawford Committee was published on March 5, 1926 and on July 14 the Postmaster-General officially announced that its main recommendations were accepted by the government. It describes the press and parliamentary reactions to the report and suggests that the views in the press were more critical of the Post Office than of the BBC.

  • From Radio-Telephony to Broadcasting

    Asa BriggsCHAPTERThe History of Broadcasting in…1995

  • Negotiations Continue

    Asa BriggsCHAPTERThe History of Broadcasting in…1995

    This chapter discusses the manufacturers' formation of a deputation to continue the negotiation with the British Post Office for the founding of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The meeting between Post Office Secretary Sir Evelyn Murray and the deputation centred on protection against foreign competition, the structure and organization of the broadcasting company to be formed. This chapter highlights the conflict between, and financin…

  • The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Volume IThe Birth of Broadcasting

    Asa BriggsBOOKThe history of broadcasting in…1995

    This is the first part of a five-volume history of broadcasting in the UK. Together the volumes give an authoritative account of the rise of broadcasting in this country. Though naturally largely concerned with the BBC it does give a general history of broadcasting, not simply an institutional history of the BBC. This volume covers early amateur experiments in wireless telephony in America and in England, the pioneer days at Writtle in Essex and …

  • The war of words

    Asa BriggsBOOKThe history of broadcasting in…1995Citada por: 6

    This is the third part of a five-volume history of broadcasting in the UK, giving an authoritative account of the rise of broadcasting in this country. This volume covering the period from 1939 to 1945, is concerned not only with the impact of the Second World War on the structure, organization, and programmes of the BBC, itself a fascinating subject; it also deals directly with the role of the BBC outside as well as inside Britain within the con…

  • Mikhail Lermontov

    Anatoly Liberman, Asa Briggs et al.ARTICLEThe Russian Review1994

  • The Collected Essays of Asa Briggs. Vol. 3, Serious Pursuits

    Theodore Koditschek, Asa BriggsARTICLEHistory of Education Quarterly1994

  • Victorian Cities

    Briggs Lees, Asa Briggs et al.BOOKVictorian Cities1993

    A comparative study in urban history, Victorian Cities examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well

  • A Comparative Study of Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman, Nekrasov's Red-Nosed Frost, and Blok's The Twelve

    Carol Ueland, Asa Briggs et al.ARTICLEThe Russian Review1993

  • The Invention of Progress

    Asa BriggsARTICLETechnology and Culture1992

    TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 163 The Invention ofProgress: The Victorians and the Past. By Peter J. Bowler. Cambridge, Mass.: Basil Blackwell, 1989. Pp. xi + 231; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95. “History,” Renan believed, “is the necessary form of the science of everything”; and Peter Bowler’s well-informed, interesting, and stim­ ulating study, based on a television series, sets out to corroborate that opinion. Bowler b…

  • The war of words

    Asa Briggs

    This is the third part of a five-volume history of broadcasting in the UK, giving an authoritative account of the rise of broadcasting in this country. This volume covering the period from 1939 to 1945, is concerned not only with the impact of the Second World War on the structure, organization, and programmes of the BBC, itself a fascinating subject; it also deals directly with the role of the BBC outside as well as inside Britain within the con…