A Short History of British Journalism A journalistic memoir from one of the most recognisable TV news correspondents in the UK How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the shaving mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide, an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book is a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more. Andrew Marr tells the story of modern journalism through his own experience. This is an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of
In this important and strikingly original book, the distinguished historian Correlli Barnett places Britain's decline since the Second World War in a startling new perspective. Basing his analysis on unpublished government records, he shows that Britain's wartime performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterized by all the classic symptoms of the 'British disease'. By the time they took the bunting down from the streets after VE-Day and turned from the war to the future, the British in their dreams and illusions and in their flinching from reality had already written the scenario for Britain's post-war descent. Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftl
Britain in the Second World War. Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 1999 Sider: 146 Sprog: Engelsk
Bogen beskriver Storbritanniens vej fra højdepunktet som verdensimperium til et moderne multikulturelt samfund. Den behandler britisk imperialisme, kolonirigets ekspansion og sammenbrud, de to verdenskrige, efterkrigstidens politiske og økonomiske omstillinger samt opbygningen af velfærdsstaten. En central del af fremstillingen er indvandring til Storbritannien, især efter 2. verdenskrig, og hvordan migration, etniske minoriteter og kulturel diversitet har påvirket britisk politik, identitet og hverdagsliv. Bogen er målrettet elever i ungdomsuddannelser og kan bruges sammen med opgaver og materiale fra tilknyttede undervisningsressourcer. Type: Paperback Dansksproget fagbog om Storbritanniens historie med fokus på udviklingen fra britisk imperialisme til et moderne multikulturelt samfund. Bogen gennemgår Storbritanniens rolle som verdensimperium, de vigtigste faser i imperiets opbygning
Journalist Mak spent the year of 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe at the verge of a new millennium. In the voices of prominent figures and unknown players, Mak combines the larger story of twentieth-century Europe with details that give it a face, a taste and a smell. His unique approach makes the reader an eyewitness to a half-forgotten past, full of unknown peculiarities, sudden insights and touching encounters. This book reads like an epic novel of Europe's most extraordinary century.--From publisher description. Titel: In Europe Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: In Europe er en betagende beretning om rejsen gennem tid og rum, stykket sammen med levende billeder, beriget med samt
From the critically acclaimed author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" comes an unapologetic revisionist history of British rule in India. James recounts the twists and turns of imperialism and independence with a wealth of new material. 8-page photo insert. Titel: Raj Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: In less than one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan, when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: the introduction of railways, roads, canals, schools, universities, hospitals, universal language, and common law, and the creation of national identity. None of this, however, was planned. After a series of emergencies in the eighteenth century transformed a business partnership with the East India Company into the most formida
Historisk fagbog, der som bind 11 i Carl Grimbergs flerbindsværk "Verdens historien" beskriver den epoke, hvor England tager føringen i verdenshistorien. Bogen gennemgår Englands politiske og økonomiske udvikling, sømagt, koloniale ekspansion og magtposition i forhold til andre europæiske stormagter. Den er skrevet som bred, fortællende historieskrivning med fokus på begivenheder, personer og samfundsudvikling og er velegnet til voksne læsere med interesse for verdenshistorie og europæisk historie. Type: Hardcover Bind 11 af Carl Grimbergs storværk "Verdens historien" i dansk udgave. Værket er en klassisk, fortløbende verdenshistorie skrevet af den svenske historiker Carl Grimberg, her i samarbejde med Ragnar Svanström. Dette bind har fokus på perioden, hvor England får en dominerende rolle i verdenshistorien, politisk, økonomisk og maritimt. Bogen er udgivet af Politikens Forlag i 1961
First UK edition in very good dust jacket. NOT price clipped. Original English price on front flap. Maroon cloth with gold lettering. Maroon end pages. Silk ribbon marker. Clean, solid, without markings in text. Signed & dated -- '25 October, 1993' by Malcolm Bradbury. Very good+ overall. Excellent collector's copy. Forlag: Random House (UK) Udgivelsesår: 1993 Sider: 511 Sprog: Engelsk
