Periodicals of Queen Victoria's empire
Subtitle: an exploration
By: edited by J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel.
Contributors: Vann, J. Don 1938-; VanArsdel, Rosemary T.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Press -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Periodicals -- History -- 19th century.
Description: Contemporary research in periodical literature has demonstrated conclusively that the nineteenth century in Britain was the age of the periodical. It has also shown that, in Victorian society, the circulation of periodicals and newspapers was both larger and more influential than that of books.

The six essays in this volume investigate the extent to which this was equally true of Britain's colonies during the period up to 1900. In chapters devoted to periodical publishing in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Southern Africa, and the 'outposts' of the Empire (Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore, Malta, and the West Indies), the contributors also consider the function and importance of periodicals in colonial life.

They identify and describe all locally produced publications that appeared at weekly or longer intervals and that contained, for example, local news, poetry, fiction, criticism, commentary on the arts, news from home, shipping information, and commodities reports.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.