Pressing interests : the agenda and influence of a colonial East African newspaper sector / Phoebe Musandu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Musandu, Phoebe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newspapers--Political aspects--Kenya--History--20th century.

Newspapers.

Newspapers--Social aspects--Kenya--History--20th century.

Newspapers--Economic aspects--Kenya--History--20th century.

Press and politics--Kenya--History--20th century.

Press and politics.

Press--Influence.

History.

Newspaper publishing.

Newspaper presses.

Colonies.

Newspapers--Social aspects.

Newspapers--Political aspects.

Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Newspaper presses--Africa, East--History.

Newspaper publishing--Africa, East--History.

Press--Influence--History.

Press.

Africa, East.

Africa.

Kenya.

Physical Description:

xvi, 344 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]

Summary:

The first extended history of colonial Kenya's press, 1899-1960s.

Contents:

Newspapers

Raison d'Être: "The Appetite Grows by What It Feeds On"; 1 Of Discontent, Contractual Wars, and the Birthing of Secular Newspapers in British East Africa, 1899-1905; 2 "Political Apathy Is Commercial Atrophy": The East African Standard and the Interests of the European Press, 1904-1963; 3 "The Position of the Proverbial Sandwich": Asian Newspapers in British East Africa, 1920s-1960s; 4 "The Paper Is Their Meeting Ground": African Newspapers, 1920s-1952

5 Leviathan's Cranky Press: Government Newspapers, 1920-1962.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773554580

0773554580

9780773554573

0773554572

OCLC:

1055274109