Amelia Bonea

The News of Empire

Telegraphy, Journalism, and the Politics of Reporting in Colonial India, C. 1830-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

This work explores the interconnected history of telegraphy and journalism in colonial India. Drawing on a wide range of historical material and an in-depth examination of nineteenth-century newspapers, it questions grand narratives of 'media revolutions', aiming instead to understand how imperial politics, capitalist enterprise, and individual agency shaped not only access to telegraphy but also the very content and form of news.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780199467129
• ISBN-10: 0199467129
• Artikelnr.: 47865305

Autorenporträt

Amelia Bonea is a postdoctoral researcher at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. She is a historian of modern South Asia, with an interest in the history of technology and media. She has been educated at the universities of Tokyo and Heidelberg.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations, Map, and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Note on Spelling and Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter One: Technologies of News Transmission
Chapter Two: Sites of Practice and Discourses of Telegraphy
Chapter Three: Journalists and Journalism in Nineteenth-Century India
Chapter Four: Making News and Views: Colonial Policy and the Role of Reuters
Chapter Five: Reporting Foreign and Domestic News
Conclusion
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author