Communications, media and the imperial experience: Britain and India in the twentieth century
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1913612
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| Author Notes: | Chandrika Kaul |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Currency and Exchange Rates; 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, 1930-1; 4 'Invisible Empire Tie': Broadcasting and the British Raj in the Interwar Years; 5 'Operation Seduction': Mountbatten, the Media and Decolonisation in 1947; 6 Concluding Remarks; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography
- Index