Behind the wireless : a history of early women at the BBC / Kate Murphy.
Behind the wireless : a history of early women at the BBC / Kate Murphy.
Behind the wireless : a history of early women at the BBC / Kate Murphy.
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Publisher
London : Palgrave macmillan, 2016.
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Date
2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/2124
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 295 pages ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- 1. 'Growing like a young giant' : the BBC as a place to work -- 2. 'Women who oil the wheels' : waged women at the BBC -- 3. 'Only an exceptional woman' : married women at the BBC -- 4. 'New and important careers' : salaried women at the BBC -- 5. 'Women who rule at the BBC' : four e...
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Publisher
London : Palgrave macmillan, 2016.
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
[2016]
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Summary
Behind the wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. Broadcasting was brand new in Britain and the BBC developed without many of the overt discriminatory practices commonplace at the time. Women were employed at all levels, except the very top, for instance as secretaries, documentary makers, advertising representatives, an...
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Behind the wireless : a history of early women at the BBC / Kate Murphy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/2124
Record Identifier
74VKVP0MjWWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP0MjWWy
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ISBN
1137491728
9781137491718 (hbk.) :
9781137491725
DDC
384.5/5/0820941
MMS ID
991023996119602626
