Title Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire : an exploration / edited by J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel

Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 371 pages) : maps Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Australia -- 2 Canada -- 3 India -- 4 New Zealand -- 5 Southern Africa -- 6 Outposts of Empire -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary Research in periodical literature has demonstrated conclusively that the nineteenth century in Britain was the age of the periodical. It also has shown that, in Victorian society, the circulation of periodicals and newspapers was both larger and more influential than that of books. The six essays in this volume investigate the extent to which this was equally true of Britain's colonies during the period up to 1900. In chapters devoted to periodical publishing in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Southern Africa, and the 'outposts' of the Empire (Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore, Malta, and the West Indies), the contributors also consider the function and importance of periodicals in colonial life. They identify and describe all locally produced publications that appeared at weekly or longer intervals and that contained, for example, local news, poetry, fiction, criticism, commentary on the arts, news from home, shipping information and commodities reports. Each chapter presents an evaluation of the quantity and quality of guides available to periodical literature in each region, from basic bibliographies of periodicals, directories, and finding aids, to microfilm records and databases on the Internet Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Großbritannien Consulate Frankfurt am Main gnd Subject Press -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century English periodicals -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century REFERENCE -- General. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Periodicals English periodicals -- British colonies British colonies Press -- British colonies Kolonie Zeitschrift Tijdschriften. Victoriaanse tijd. Britse koloniën. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Periodicals -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Periodicals -- History -- 19th century Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author VanArsdel, Rosemary T., editor. Vann, J. Don (Jerry Don), 1938- editor. ISBN 9781442678361 1442678364 1282008269 9781282008267

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