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The spread of print in Colonial India : iInto the hinterland / Abhijit Gupta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gupta, Abhijit, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--India--History--19th century.
- Printing.
- Indic newspapers--History--19th century.
- Indic newspapers.
- Indic periodicals--History--19th century.
- Indic periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This study focuses on the spread of print in colonial India towards the middle and end of the nineteenth century. Till the first half of the century, much of the print production in the subcontinent emanated from presidency cities such as Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, along with centres of missionary production such as Serampore. But with the growing socialization of print and the entry of local entrepreneurs into the field, print began to spread from the metropole to the provinces, from large cities to mofussil towns. This Element will look at this phenomenon in eastern India, and survey how printing spread from Calcutta to centres such as Hooghly-Chinsurah, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Rangpur etc. The study will particularly consider the rise of periodicals and newspapers in the mofussil, and asses their contribution to a nascent public sphere.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- The Spread of Print in Colonial India: Into the Hinterland
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Case of Colonial Bengal
- Reading the Archives
- Prologue: The Three Journeys of Gangakishore Bhattacharya
- 1 Out of Serampore
- True to Type
- Spreading the Net
- Going West
- The Trail of Textbooks
- The Rise of English
- 2 Out of Calcutta
- The Pre-Catalogue Period
- Returns of the Raj
- Twin tales: Hooghly-Chinsurah
- Life after the Baptists: Serampore Redux
- Patronage and Print: Burdwan
- Changaripota: A Railway Story
- The Village Rises: Kumarkhali
- A Bend in History: Murshidabad
- New Directions: Rungpore
- Conclusion: The End of a Beginning?
- Epilogue: The Many Beatitudes of Kangal Harinath
- List of Abbreviations
- References
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781108985321
- 1108985327
- 9781108982627
- 110898262X
- 9781108979870
- 1108979874
- OCLC:
- 1492981161
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