Description
Book SynopsisAn 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 text focuses on a period which represented a critical transitional phase in the history of the Raj.
Table of ContentsDedication, prefatory statements and acknowledgements
List of tables,iIlustrations and appendices
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I: The Networks of Information and Communication
2. Communications and the Indian Empire
3. Fleet Street and the Raj
PART II: Information Management and Imperial Control
4. Empire and news management: India and the London Press c1880s-1914
5. War and government publicity
6. Edwin Montagu, publicity and news management at the India Office, 1917-1922
PART III: Case Studies 1917-1922
7. ‘Bringing India to the fore’: selling Indian constitutional reforms to Britain, 1917-1918
8. Managing the Crisis? Fleet Street, government and the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre, 1919-1920
9. Ambassador of Empire: The Prince of Wales tour, Fleet Street and Government Publicity, 1921-1922
10. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
