{"product_id":"raymond-williams-alan-oconnor-9780742535503","title":"Raymond Williams","description":"Raymond Williams-a Welsh media critic and a pioneer of cultural studies-believed that the traditional focus of biographies on individuals isolated these people from their communities. For this reason, Alan O'Connor looks at Williams \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e his time period-one of social change and crisis. Williams, son of a railway worker, would have pursued university studies had World War II not disrupted his plans. So the unorthodox intellectual worked outside the university until 1960, his revolutionary media studies emphasizing the interchange between culture and democracy. O'Connor concludes with the same message Williams advocated: In a period dominated by conservative forces, it is still worthwhile to struggle for small changes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0742535509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780742535503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.68w x 0.45d","brand":"Alan O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136111853823,"sku":"9780742535503","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e74817f3-9834-4952-bdc9-bd5cf51d6238.jpg?v=1755022380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raymond-williams-alan-oconnor-9780742535503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}