{"product_id":"listen-in-how-radio-changed-the-home-9781851246311","title":"Listen in: How Radio Changed the Home","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beaty Rubens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851246311","brand":"Bodleian Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962528628873,"sku":"9781851246311","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f470dd7b-18f2-4a94-a8c3-707e6b9f22f5.jpg?v=1746509822","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/listen-in-how-radio-changed-the-home-9781851246311","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}