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Eyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive
Joanna Bourke
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Description for Eyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive
CD-Audio. A title, that describes the events of 1900-1949 by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. Events both joyful and sorrowful are illustrated with fascinating and rarely heard archive recordings, with a linking narration by the historia ... Read more
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike and the Great Depression, to the Second World War and its aftermath. Events both joyful and sorrowful are illustrated with fascinating and rarely heard archive recordings, with a linking narration by the historia ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910281758
SKU
V9781910281758
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-69
About Joanna Bourke
Joanna Bourke is Professor of History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, where she has taught since 1992. Over the years, her work has ranged from the social and economic history of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to social histories of the British working classes between 1860 and ... Read more
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