Saving Bletchley Park: How #socialmedia saved the home of the WWII codebreakers

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Synopsis
Imagine a Britain where the most important sites of historical significance are replaced with housing estates and supermarkets…Imagine a Britain without Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and a team of code breakers changed the course of World War II and where thousands of women inspired future generations with their work in the fields of computing and technology...Now imagine a group of extraordinary people, who – seventy years after the birth of the modern computer at Bletchley Park – used technology to spark a social media campaign that helped secure its future and transform it into the world-class heritage and education centre it deserves to be.This is a story about saving Bletchley Park.But it is also the story of the hundreds of people who dedicated twenty years of hard work and determination to the campaign that saved it. It is a testament to the remarkable and mysterious work during World War II that made it a place worth saving. It is a book about campaigners, veterans, enthusiasts, computer geeks, technology, Twitter, trees and Stephen Fry stuck in a lift.And finally, it is a story about preserving the past for the generations of tomorrow.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781783521678
Related ISBNs:
9781908717924
Publisher:
Random House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Dr Sue Black and Stevyn Colgan
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Computers and Internet, Technology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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