Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience

Britain and India in the Twentieth Century
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-230-57258-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4728 g

Presenting a communicational perspective on the British empire in India during the 20th century, the book seeks to examine how, and explain why, British proconsuls, civil servants and even the monarch George V, as well as Indian nationalists, interacted with the media, primarily British and American, and with what consequences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaul, Chandrika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience: Perspectives and Perceptions 2. Coronation, Colonialism and Cultures of Control: The Delhi Durbar, 1911 3. India as Viewed by the American Media: Chicago Daily Tribune, William Shirer and Gandhian nationalism 1930-31 4. 'Invisible Empire Tie': Broadcasting and the British Raj in the inter-war years 5. 'Operation Seduction': Mountbatten, the Media and Decolonisation in 1947 6. Concluding remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Chandrika Kaul is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her research interests include the British media and empire, 1850-1950, modern Indian history and politics, globalization, and, communications in world history. She is the author of the first detailed monograph examining British press coverage of India entitled Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India (2003). She has also edited Media and the British Empire (2006, 2013) and Explorations in Modern Indian History and the Media (2009) and, co-edited International Communications and Global News Networks: Historical Perspectives (2011).