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Hilmes, Michele, 1953-

Network nations : a transnational history of British and American broadcasting / Michele Hilmes. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xii, 358 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-348) and index. .

Introduction: thinking transnationally: the Anglo-American axis -- Nations, national identity and the transnational -- The nations imagine radio, 1922 to 1938. Chaos and control -- National broadcasting in Britain -- The "American system" -- Trans-Atlantic convergence: 1938-1946. Enormous changes at the last minute -- The politics and poetics of neutrality -- In it together: wartime radio -- Conclusion -- Television, trade, and transculturation, 1946-1975 -- Disentangling and differentiation, 1946-55 -- New directions and disputes, 1955-64 -- Conclusion -- Towards "globalization".

ISBN: 9780415883849 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415883856 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203843208 (ebook)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Television broadcasting--History.--Great Britain
Television broadcasting--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: PN1992.3.G7 / H572

Dewey Class. No.: 384.550941 / H572