This Is The Abc: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983
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Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
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For fifty years, one institution shaped the voice of a nation — and This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932–1983 is its definitive chronicle. Historian K. S. Inglis presents a sweeping, authoritative account of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from its founding in 1932 through to its golden jubilee in 1983, tracing how a public broadcaster grew from a fledgling radio network into a cultural cornerstone of Australian life. With the assistance of Jan Brazier, Inglis reconstructs the political battles, creative triumphs, and social controversies that defined the ABC across five turbulent decades, illuminating the institution's role in forging a distinctly Australian national identity. Inglis brings to this work the same meticulous scholarship and narrative elegance that distinguished his earlier histories, weaving together archival research, personal testimony, and political analysis into a richly textured portrait of broadcasting as a public trust. The result is far more than an institutional history — it is a vivid social document that reveals how Australians understood themselves through the programmes they heard and watched. Readers who think they know the ABC will find themselves confronted with a far more complex, contested, and fascinating story than they ever imagined.
Author: K. S. Inglis
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
For fifty years, one institution shaped the voice of a nation — and This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932–1983 is its definitive chronicle. Historian K. S. Inglis presents a sweeping, authoritative account of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from its founding in 1932 through to its golden jubilee in 1983, tracing how a public broadcaster grew from a fledgling radio network into a cultural cornerstone of Australian life. With the assistance of Jan Brazier, Inglis reconstructs the political battles, creative triumphs, and social controversies that defined the ABC across five turbulent decades, illuminating the institution's role in forging a distinctly Australian national identity. Inglis brings to this work the same meticulous scholarship and narrative elegance that distinguished his earlier histories, weaving together archival research, personal testimony, and political analysis into a richly textured portrait of broadcasting as a public trust. The result is far more than an institutional history — it is a vivid social document that reveals how Australians understood themselves through the programmes they heard and watched. Readers who think they know the ABC will find themselves confronted with a far more complex, contested, and fascinating story than they ever imagined.