The Indian periodical press and the production of nationalist rhetoric /
Kamra, Sukeshi.
New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
c2011.
"This book makes a case for considering the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. Kamra shows that the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the press and colonial regime is where and how a nationalist public sphere first develops"--
"This book makes a case for considering the Indian periodical press as a key forum for the production of nationalist rhetoric. It argues that between the 1870s and 1910, the press was the place in which the notion of 'the public' circulated and where an expansive middle class, and even larger reading audience, was persuaded into believing it had force. Kamra shows that the increasingly antagonistic relationship between the press and colonial regime is where and how a nationalist public sphere first develops"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Press and politics
Press and politics
Nationalism in the press
Nationalism in the press
Government and the press
Government and the press