The News of Empire: Telegraphy, Journalism, and the Politics of Reporting in Colonial India, c. 1830–1900...

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Amelia Bonea

The News of Empire

Telegraphy, Journalism, and the Politics of Reporting in Colonial India, c. 1830–1900

Amelia Bonea

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English

OUP India
30 November 2016

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Press & journalism; Postal & telecommunications industries

On 14 July 2013, India closed down its telegraph service, drawing the curtain over an important chapter in its history of telecommunications. Introduced during the colonial period, the telegraph network was opened for public use on 1 February 1855; both the beginning and the end of the service were marked by striking scenes of people 'rushing' to the telegraph office in order to send messages. Like the internet today, the new technology came to play an important role in the conduct of journalism in nineteenth-century India.

The News of Empire reconstructs the interconnected history of telegraphy and journalism by drawing on a wide range of historical material and through an in-depth analysis of the newspaper press. Questioning grand narratives of 'media revolutions', Amelia Bonea argues that the use of telegraphy in journalism was gradual and piecemeal. News itself emerged as the site of many contestations, as imperial politics, capitalist enterprise, and individual agency shaped not only access to technologies of communication, but also the content and form of reporting.

By: Amelia Bonea
Imprint: OUP India
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 618g
ISBN: 9780199467129
ISBN 10: 0199467129
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 30 November 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amelia Bonea is a postdoctoral researcher at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. She is a historian of modern South Asia, with an interest in the history of technology and media. She has been educated at the universities of Tokyo and Heidelberg.