Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
SUNY series in the history of books, publishing, and the book trades |
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SUNY series in the history of books, publishing, and the book trades.
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Contents |
Introduction Circulating Crisis: Colonial Newspapers and Print Culture -- Chapter 1 Bibliographical, Periodical, and Imperial Codes -- An Archive-With Many Gaps -- Materiality: Communicating through Form, Format, and Organization -- Facing Out: Typography and Appearance -- Inside: Leaders and Divisions -- Scissors-and-Paste Journalism -- Readers and Writers -- or Correspondence and Correspondents -- Literature: Vernacular, Local, and Pirated -- In Good Company: Colonial Critique and Imperial Certitude in the Mofussilite -- Chapter 2 Through a Glass Darkly: The Great Exhibition and the Great Indian Contractor -- Rocks in Paxton's Glass Palace -- "Full of Novelty and Interest": The Great Exhibition Overtaken -- The Trial in Many Mirrors -- Chapter 3 The Uprising in the Anglo-Indian Press -- Editorial Turbulence -- Extracting News: Improvisation and Chaos -- The Hindoo Patriot in the Balance -- Chapter 4 Wanderings and Textual Travels -- House Rules -- Indigenizing Brand Dickens -- Independent Wanderings -- Coda: Wandering On -- Conclusion Mofussil News |
Summary |
"Examines English-language Indian newspapers from the mid-nineteenth century and their role in simultaneously sustaining and probing British colonial governance"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2021) |
Subject |
Press -- India -- History -- 19th century
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Government and the press -- India -- History -- 19th century
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English newspapers -- India -- History -- 19th century
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Press and politics -- India -- History -- 19th century
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British colonies
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Colonies -- Administration
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English newspapers
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Government and the press
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Press
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Press and politics
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SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration -- History -- 19th century
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Subject |
Asia
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India
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021000807 |
ISBN |
9781438484143 |
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1438484143 |
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