A Loss of Innocence?: Television and Irish Society, 1960–72
Author:   Robert Savage ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 September 2015
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Author:   Robert Savage ,  Bethan Hirst
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781784991128


ISBN 10:   1784991120
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Introduction 1. A compromise with commerce? The origins of Irish television 2. ‘A stanger among us’: Edward Roth and the establishment of Telefis Éireann 3. An instrument of public policy? Political culture and television in Lemass’s Ireland 4. Transition 5. ‘Irresponsible, amateurish, lacking in research, lacking in fact’? The limits of public service broadcasting and the 1969 7 days tribunal 6. Religious broadcasting 7. Radharc, the Catholic Church and cultural shift in modern Ireland 8. Finding a voice? The Irish language and Irish television 9. A box of troubles, television and Northern Ireland Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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Not only is Savage's book detailed, scholarly and a highly valuable contribution, but he has woven it together to make it eminently readable Iarfhlaith Watson, Irish Studies, 01/08/2012 ... a scholarly and well-written book. Savage presents a nuanced description of the relationship between the Catholic Church and RTE. The scholarliness of the book is manifest not only in the extensive literature to which Savage refers, but also in the interviews he conducted and the range of archives through which he trawled. -- .


Not only is Savage's book detailed, scholarly and a highly valuable contribution, but he has woven it together to make it eminently readable -- Iarfhlaith Watson, Irish Studies, 01/08/2012.. . a scholarly and well-written book. Savage presents a nuanced description of the relationship between the Catholic Church and RTE. The scholarliness of the book is manifest not only in the extensive literature to which Savage refers, but also in the interviews he conducted and the range of archives through which he trawled.


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Robert J. Savage is Professor of the Practice of History at Boston College

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