Media and the British Empire
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), 266 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 250-261, index
ISBN 978-1-4039-4882-3 (hbk)
"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonisers." (Publisher description)
1 Introductory Survey / Chandrika Kaul, 1
2 'To Enlighten South Africa': The Creation of a Free Press at the Cape in the Early Nineteenth Century / John M. MacKenzie, 20
3 'The thinking is done in London': South Africa's English Language Press and Imperialism / John Lambert, 37
4 'The Old Pals' Protection Society'? The Colonial Office and the British Press on the Eve of Decolonisation / Joanna Lewis and Philip Murphy, 55
5 The Media and the Exile of Seretse Khama: The Bangwato vs. the British in Bechuanaland, 1948-56 / Susan Williams, 70
6 Ernest Jones' Mutiny: The People's Paper, English Popular Politics and the Indian Rebellion 1857-58 / Tim Pratt, 88
7 Writing to the Defence of Empire: Winston Churchill's Press Campaign against Constitutional Reform in India, 1929-1935 / Ian St John, 104
8 India, the Imperial Press Conferences and the Empire Press Union: The Diplomacy of News in the Politics of Empire, 1909-1946 / Chandrika Kaul, 125
9 'Business as Usual'? British Newsreel Coverage of Indian Independence and Partition, 1947-1948 / Philip Woods, 145
10 Purity, Obscenity and the Making of an Imperial Censorship System / Deana Heath, 160
11 Peripheral Politics? Antipodean Interventions in Imperial News and Cable Communication (1870-1912) / Denis Cryle, 174
12 A 'Sense of Common Citizenship'? Mrs Potts of Reefton, New Zealand, Communicates with the Empire / Ross Harvey, 190
13 'That some must suffer for the greater good': The Post Courier and the 1969 Bougainville Crisis / Philip Cass, 205
14 The Influence of the British Empire through the Development of Communications in Canada: French Radio Broadcasting during the Second World War / Alain Canuel, 219
15 Echoes of Cosmopolitanism: Colonial Penang's 'Indigenous' English Press / Su Lin Lewis, 233
2 'To Enlighten South Africa': The Creation of a Free Press at the Cape in the Early Nineteenth Century / John M. MacKenzie, 20
3 'The thinking is done in London': South Africa's English Language Press and Imperialism / John Lambert, 37
4 'The Old Pals' Protection Society'? The Colonial Office and the British Press on the Eve of Decolonisation / Joanna Lewis and Philip Murphy, 55
5 The Media and the Exile of Seretse Khama: The Bangwato vs. the British in Bechuanaland, 1948-56 / Susan Williams, 70
6 Ernest Jones' Mutiny: The People's Paper, English Popular Politics and the Indian Rebellion 1857-58 / Tim Pratt, 88
7 Writing to the Defence of Empire: Winston Churchill's Press Campaign against Constitutional Reform in India, 1929-1935 / Ian St John, 104
8 India, the Imperial Press Conferences and the Empire Press Union: The Diplomacy of News in the Politics of Empire, 1909-1946 / Chandrika Kaul, 125
9 'Business as Usual'? British Newsreel Coverage of Indian Independence and Partition, 1947-1948 / Philip Woods, 145
10 Purity, Obscenity and the Making of an Imperial Censorship System / Deana Heath, 160
11 Peripheral Politics? Antipodean Interventions in Imperial News and Cable Communication (1870-1912) / Denis Cryle, 174
12 A 'Sense of Common Citizenship'? Mrs Potts of Reefton, New Zealand, Communicates with the Empire / Ross Harvey, 190
13 'That some must suffer for the greater good': The Post Courier and the 1969 Bougainville Crisis / Philip Cass, 205
14 The Influence of the British Empire through the Development of Communications in Canada: French Radio Broadcasting during the Second World War / Alain Canuel, 219
15 Echoes of Cosmopolitanism: Colonial Penang's 'Indigenous' English Press / Su Lin Lewis, 233
