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THE VISION OF A NATION: MAKING MULTICULTURALISM ON BRITISH TELEVISION, 1960-80
By GAVIN SCHAFFER
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The Vision of a Nation tells the stories behind television's approaches to
race relations, multiculturalism and immigration in the 'Golden Age' of British television. Focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, it argues that the makers of television frequently tried hard to shape multiculturalism and undermine racist extremism, believing that
the media had a responsibility to mould the nation's vision of itself. Looking at popular fiction, non-fiction and programmes for minorities, Schaffer probes the impact of genre on television's approaches to race relations and multiculturalism, arguing that
different conventions, restrictions and aims ensured radically different impacts.
At its core, The Vision of a Nation considers the politics, principles and prejudices behind television's interventions on multiculturalism, and probes the outputs of programmes
on British audiences as well as the relationship between the makers of television and British politicians, activists and the public. Ultimately, the book argues that television's approach to race relations was highly influential and has done much to shape
the evolution and self-images of multicultural Britain.
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Gavin Schaffer is Professor of Modern History at the University of Birmingham, UK. His previous books include Racial Science and British Society,
1930-62 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
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HARDBACK: MAY 2014 /312 PAGES / ISBN: 9780230292970 / $95.00 / £65.00
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