Title Empire news : the Anglo-Indian press writes India / Priti Joshi

Published Albany : State University of New York, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in the history of books, publishing, and the book trades SUNY series in the history of books, publishing, and the book trades. 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 Government and the press -- India -- History -- 19th century English newspapers -- India -- History -- 19th century Press and politics -- India -- History -- 19th century British colonies Colonies -- Administration English newspapers Government and the press Press Press and politics SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Subject Asia India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021000807 ISBN 9781438484143 1438484143

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