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      Victorian Cities: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne, London

      Asa Briggs

      Focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development.

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      The Age of Improvement 1783-1867

      Asa Briggs

      The Age of Improvement stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in British history -…

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      The Age of Improvement 1783-1867

      Asa Briggs

      Long established as a classic of modern historical writing, The Age of Improvement has had a unique influence on teaching and research.

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      Secret Days: Codebreaking in Bletchley Park

      Asa Briggs

      The Second World War memoirs of the renowned historian, Asa Briggs. The book is a revelatory account of his life as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, the Enigma machine and…

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      Loose Ends and Extras

      Asa Briggs

      Further exceptional reminiscences from a highly-respected historian and Bletchley Park code-breaker. Candid and detailed insights from a distinguished and fascinating career

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      Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67

      Asa Briggs

      This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War…

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      Special Relationships: People and Places

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      In this highly readable but completely unconventional book Asa Briggs, writer, lecturer and professor, wellknown on both sides of the Atlantic, goes back in time to his own hometown, Keighley…

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      Complete Poems of ASA Briggs: Far Beyond the Pennine Way

      This is a book of 100 poems of great richness and variety. Indeed, it is genuinely a landmark book. It is an important literary and academic event in itself. Professor…

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      Toynbee Hall (Routledge Revivals): The First Hundred Years

      Asa Briggs,Anne Macartney

      First published in 1984, Toynbee Hall, The First Hundred Years is an account of Toynbee Hall and its pioneering role as a residential community.

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      Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera

      Michael Nelson,Asa Briggs

      Queen Victoria fell in love with the Riviera when she discovered it on her first visit to Menton in 1882 and her enchantment with this ‘paradise of nature’ endured for…

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      Victorian Music: A social and cultural history

      Asa Briggs,Janet Lovegrove

      A major new book provides a sparkling and detailed account of music throughout Queen Victoria’s reign. It completes the acclaimed series by Prof Briggs: Victorian Cities, Victorian People, and Victorian…

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      Victorian Music: A social and cultural history

      Asa Briggs,Janet Lovegrove

      This book provides a sparkling and detailed account of classical, modern, and popular music throughout Queen Victoria’s long reign.

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      Out of Birmingham: George Dixon (1820-98), ‘Father of Free Education

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      Forster’s Elementary Education Act of 1870 introduced compulsory and free education into England for the first time. Mayor, George Dixon played a critical role as the leader of a campaigning…

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      Modern Europe, 1789-Present

      Asa Briggs,Patricia Clavin

      Modern Europe provides both text and illustrations which draw on a wide range of sources, from state archives, published memoirs and heroic paintings to private letters, oral testimony, picture postcards…

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      Modern Europe, 1789-Present

      Asa Briggs,Patricia Clavin

      Modern Europe provides both text and illustrations which draw on a wide range of sources, from state archives, published memoirs and heroic paintings to private letters, oral testimony, picture postcards…

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      Essays in Labour History 1886-1923

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      A Social History of the Media

      A Briggs,Asa Briggs,Espen Ytreberg

      The classic text for historians and media scholars, updated throughout and with a new chapter on social media and big data –

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      The Age of Asa: Lord Briggs, Public Life and History in Britain since 1945

      Asa Briggs has been a prominent figure in post-war cultural life - as a pioneering historian, a far-sighted educational reformer, and a sensitive chronicler of the way in which broadcasting…

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      The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume I: The Birth of Broadcasting

      Asa Briggs (Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Open University)

      Volume 1 in the five-book history of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. The text covers early amateur experiments in wireless telephony in America and England, the pioneer days at Writtle…

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      The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume II: The Golden Age of Wireless

      Asa Briggs (Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Open University)

      This is the second of a five-volume history of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. This volume covers the period 1927-1939, from the BBC’s establishment as a public corporation to the…

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      The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision

      Asa Briggs (Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Open University)

      This volume covers ten critical years in the history of broadcasting: 1945 to 1955, during which television grew in popularity and the BBC lost its monopoly. Dealing not only with…

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      The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume III: The War of Words

      Asa Briggs (Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Open University)

      This volume covers the period 1939 to 1945 and discusses the impact of the Second World War on the BBC, and the role which the BBC played within the history…

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      A Social History of the Media

      Peter Burke,Asa Briggs,Espen Ytreberg

      The classic text for historians and media scholars, updated throughout and with a new chapter on social media and big data –

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      The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition

      Asa Briggs (Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Vice-President, Historical Association; Chancellor, Open University)

      Asa Briggs’ History of British Broadcasting in the UK provides a chronicle of the BBC’s activities, achievements, and personnel - from the early days of wireless broadcasting and the Corporation’s…

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      Victorian Cities

      Asa Briggs

      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…

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      British Comment on the United States: A Chronological Bibliography, 1832-1899

      Ada Nisbet

      This bibliography of more than 3000 entries lists books and pamphlets that illuminate evolving British views on the United States during a time of great change. Among the subjects included…

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      The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland: From Earliest Times to the Present Day

      Barry Cunliffe

      Presents an illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This title takes the reader on a journey from prehistoric times onwards, examining such topics as the spread of literacy…

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      The History of Bethlem

      Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.),Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

      The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment, looking at Bethlem’s role within the caring institutions in the context of the history of Britain, London, hospitals…

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      The History of Bethlem

      Jonathan Andrews,Asa Briggs,Roy Porter (Deceased, literary executor and royalty recipient is Natsu Hattori, his wife.),Penny Tucker,Keir Waddington

      The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment, looking at Bethlem’s role within the caring institutions in the context of the history of Britain, London, hospitals…

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