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Zusatztext Scholars with a particular interest in Soviet history will certainly want to check out this monograph, and radio historians with a particular interest in regulations or questions of aesthetics will also find this book of value. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Lovell is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. His books include The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction (2009) and The Shadow of War: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1941 to the Present (2010). Klappentext The first history in English of Soviet radio from its earliest days to the advent of television, showing the role played by broadcasting in establishing control of the Soviet State up to the 1970s: including the Cultural Revolution, Stalinist 1930s, World War II, the Cold War, and de-Stalinization. Zusammenfassung The first history in English of Soviet radio from its earliest days to the advent of television, showing the role played by broadcasting in establishing control of the Soviet State up to the 1970s: including the Cultural Revolution, Stalinist 1930s, World War II, the Cold War, and de-Stalinization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Glossary Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Why Radio? 1: Institutionalizing Soviet Radio 2: Radio and the Making of Soviet Society 3: How Russia Learned to Broadcast 4: Mobilizing Radio: The War 5: From Wire to Efir 6: The Magnitofon and the Art of Soviet Broadcasting 7: Radio Genres and Their Audiences in the Postwar Era Epilogue Note on Sources Bibliography Index
