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Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age - Couverture souple

Johns, Adrian

 
9780393341805: Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393341801 ISBN 13 : 9780393341805
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2012

Synopsis

When the pirate operator Oliver Smedley shot and killed his rival Reg Calvert in Smedley 's country cottage on June 21, 1966, it was a turning point for the outlaw radio stations dotting the coastal waters of England. Situated on ships and offshore forts like Shivering Sands, these stations blasted away at the high-minded BBC 's broadcast monopoly with the new beats of the Stones and DJs like Screaming Lord Sutch. For free-market ideologues like Smedley, the pirate stations were entrepreneurial efforts to undermine the growing British welfare state as embodied by the BBC. The worlds of high table and underground collide in this riveting history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adrian Johns is a professor of history at the University of Chicago. Educated at Cambridge University, Johns is a specialist on intellectual property and piracy.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393341801
ISBN 13 
9780393341805
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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