{"product_id":"9781921870057","title":"Whose ABC?: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983-2006","description":"On 1 July 1983, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation came into being. It was like and unlike a church, a theatrical company, a newspaper business and, on a drastic view, an asylum run by the inmates. Its singular nature had destined it to be a field of contest ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhose ABC?\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of the national broadcaster in recent times. Since becoming a Corporation in 1983, the ABC has been responsible for many programming triumphs - from \u003ci\u003eFour Corners\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eKath and Kim\u003c\/i\u003e, from Radio National to ABC Online. It has seen controversial managing directors come and go, and much boardroom politics. Boards and executives have campaigned - often fruitlessly - for funding, and engaged in conflict with the government of the day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhose ABC?\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about the culture and politics of the ABC. It is the product of extensive research, including interviews with a wide range of people, from prime ministers to presenters. Inglis seeks out the truth of events and creates a panorama of the national broadcaster's changing fortunes. Unfailingly readable, this is both an indispensable resource for ABC-watchers and a vivid biography of a treasured Australian institution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ken Inglis is Emeritus Professor of History at Australian National University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Stuart Case, This is the ABC, Whose ABC?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSacred Places\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and the NSW Premier's Prize for Australian History in 1999.","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137425654000,"sku":"9781921870057","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921870057_p0.jpg?v=1763635068","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921870057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}