
The Spread of Print in Colonial India
Into the Hinterland
Abhijit Gupta(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. November 2021
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106 pages
978-1-108-96983-3 (ISBN)
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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.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Height: 178 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
109 gr
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978-1-108-96983-3 (9781108969833)
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Content
Introduction; Prologue: the three journeys of Gangakishore Bhattacharya; 1. Out of Serampore; 2. Out of Calcutta; Conclusion: the end of a beginning"; Epilogue: the many beatitudes of Kangal Harinath.