Reporting the Raj
The British Press and India, C.1880-1922
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2017
320 pages
978-1-5261-1976-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over the future of India and was used by significant groups within the political elite to advance their agendas. Focuses on a period which represented a critical transitional phase in the history of the Raj, witnessing the impact of the First World War, major constitutional reform initiatives, the tragedy of the Amritsar massacre, and the launching of Gandhi's mass movement. Asserts that the War was a watershed in official media manipulation and in the aftermath of the conflict the Government's previously informal and ad hoc attempts to shape press reporting were placed on a more formal basis. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-1976-6 (9781526119766)
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10/2003
Manchester University Press
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Person
Chandrika Kaul is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews
Content
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of illustrations
- General editor's introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The networks of information and communication
- Communications and the Indian empire
- Fleet Street and the Raj
- Part II Information management and imperial control
- Empire and news management: India and the London press, c. 1880-1914
- War and government publicity
- Edwin Montagu, publicity and news management at the India Office, 1917-22
- Part III Case studies, 1917-22
- 'Bringing India to the fore': selling Indian constitutional reform to Britain, 1917-18
- Managing the crisis? Fleet Street, government and the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre, 1919-20
- Ambassador of empire: the Prince of Wales's tour, Fleet Street and government publicity, 1921-22
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
