{"product_id":"listen-in-how-radio-changed-the-home-hardcover","title":"Listen in: How Radio Changed the Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeaty Rubens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntimate stories that offer entertaining perspectives on what it was like to engage with radio when it was new.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Radio, today, can feel like a faithful old companion, but its early history was sensational. Between 1922 and 1939, British life was transformed by what was known as the Radio Craze. \u003ci\u003eListen In\u003c\/i\u003e expresses what the radio's arrival signified at a personal level. This narrative history recounts the perspective of listeners who adopted the then radical form of communication technology, invested in their first-ever gadgets, and tuned in by their firesides to outside voices, music, SOS calls, the Pips, news, sports, royalty, and innovative radiogenic comedy. \u003ci\u003eListen In\u003c\/i\u003e also traces how radio affected family life by exploring whether it altered dynamics between children and adults, changed relationships between women and men, as well as affected class and a wider sense of nationhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Packed with touching stories and anecdotes, \u003ci\u003eListen In\u003c\/i\u003e comes at a timely moment when traditional linear radio is shifting, and the experience of how people consume audio is once again transforming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeaty Rubens\u003c\/b\u003e was a BBC Radio producer for thirty-five years and is now a freelance producer, presenter, and writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774281375941,"sku":"9781851246311","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ei3WWsVHmv9781851246311.webp?v=1770520811","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/listen-in-how-radio-changed-the-home-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}