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Author Johns, Adrian.

Title Death of a pirate : British radio and the making of the information age / Adrian Johns.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HE8697.65.G7 J64 2011    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 305 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- June 21, 1966 -- A pirate people -- Ethereal enterprise -- Poltergeists and politics -- The abominable no-man -- The two towers -- "Things are getting hot" -- The war against the pirates -- A man called uncle.
Summary Offers an inside look at the world of British pirate radio in the mid-1960s, profiling the men who took over the airways to promote new genres of music and their own political beliefs.
Subject Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History.
Pirate radio broadcasting.
Great Britain.
History.
ISBN 9780393068603 hardcover
0393068609 hardcover