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Empire News : The Anglo-Indian Press Writes India.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joshi, Priti.
- Series:
- SUNY Series in the History of Books, Publishing, and the Book Trades
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press--India--History--19th century.
- Press.
- Government and the press--India--History--19th century.
- Government and the press.
- English newspapers--India--History--19th century.
- English newspapers.
- Press and politics--India--History--19th century.
- Press and politics.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--Administration--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Empire News
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Examines English-language Indian newspapers from the mid-nineteenth century and their role in simultaneously sustaining and probing British colonial governance.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Usage and Transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Appendix Press Regulations and Significant Events in Indian Press History, 1780-1857
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781438484143
- 1438484143
- OCLC:
- 1236898177
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