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Affiliation:

Adrian Horn is an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of History at Lancaster University, and an Associate Lecturer in Social Sciences with The Open Univeristy.

Degrees:

PhD in Cultural Research (Lancaster)

BA (Hons) in Design History (Central Lancashire)

Research Interests:

Adrian is a Cultural/ Design Historian specialising in twentieth century Americana, particularly juke boxes and the cultural trappings of young people. He has a long-standing interest in youth culture, design and popular music and has researched these cultural areas for many years.His main interest lies in the relationships between design and popular cultue, and design and style as disseminators of culture and vice versa.

Key Interests:

Cultural and Design History, Americanisation, Industrial Art Deco, Juke Boxes, Youth Culture, Subculture, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Style, Cultural Theory.

Academic Publications:

Juke box Britain: Americanisation and Youth Culture 1945-1960 (Manchester University Press, April 2009).

Academic Societies:

Adrian is a member of the Design History Society, the Social History Society and the Raymond Williams Society.