Beschreibung:
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.
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