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Author:

Bourke, Joanna.

Title:

Eyewitness : A history of the twentieth century in sound, 1920-1929 / [sound recording] commentary by Joanna Bourke ; presented by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Format:

[sound recording]

Publisher:

BBC Audiobooks America,

Copyright Date:

p2004

Description:

3 sound discs (3 hr., 40 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Books on compact discs.

Other Authors:

Pigott-Smith, Tim.
BBC Audiobooks America.

Notes:

Tim Pigott-Smith, narrator ; Joanna Bourke, commentary.

Summary:

"Although defined as the decade of flappers, jazz, and Bright Young Things, the Roaring Twenties did not really begin until 1926. In 1920 the mood was solemn, with a sense of post-war disillusionment. Ex-servicemen, expecting to come home to a "land fit for heroes" found instead widespread unemployment. The General Strike plunged the country into a state of emergency, and at the end of the decade the worldwide financial crisis swept Britain into recession. But between those years there was much to celebrate. The BBC was founded. Wembley Stadium was completed to the host the 1923 Cup Final, and Sir Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen. Key figures such as Sir John Reith, Ramsay McDonald, and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as miners, ex-servicemen and strikebrakers, recall the decade from their differing perspectives."--Container.

ISBN:

9780792735946
0792735943

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61243648

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)