Asa Briggs
Author · 19 books
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs was an English historian, best known for his studies on the Victorian era. In particular, his trilogy, Victorian People, Victorian Cities, and Victorian Things made a lasting mark on how historians view the nineteenth century. He was made a life peer in 1976.
Series
Books
Iron Bridge to Crystal Palace
Impact and Images of the Industrial Revolution
1979
Secret Days
Codebreaking in Bletchley Park
2011
History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
1995
Modern Europe, 1789-Present
1996
History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Volume III: The War of Words
1970
Fins de Siecle
How Centuries End, 1400-2000
1996
Chartism
1998
The Age of Improvement, 1783-1867
1959
Victorian Cities (Classics in Urban History)
1963
A Social History of England
1983
History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
1961
Victorian Things
1988
Marx in London
1982
The Nineteenth Century
The Contradictions of Progress
1970
How It All Started
2008
When, Where, Why, and How It Happened
1993
A Social History of the Media
From Gutenberg to the Internet
2000
Victorian People
A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67
1954
History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Volume II: The Golden Age of Wireless
1965
