Priti Joshi is Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound.

• List of IllustrationsNote on Usage and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Circulating Crisis: Colonial Newspapers and Print Culture1. Bibliographical, Periodical, and Imperial CodesAn Archive—With Many GapsMateriality: Communicating through Form, Format, and OrganizationIn Good Company: Colonial Critique and Imperial Certitude in the Mofussilite2. Through a Glass Darkly: The Great Exhibition and the Great Indian ContractorRocks in Paxton's Glass Palace"Full of Novelty and Interest": The Great Exhibition OvertakenThe Trial in Many Mirrors3. The Uprising in the Anglo-Indian PressEditorial TurbulenceExtracting News: Improvisation and ChaosThe Hindoo Patriot in the Balance4. Wanderings and Textual TravelsHouse RulesIndigenizing Brand DickensIndependent WanderingsConclusion: Mofussil NewsAppendix: Press Regulations and Significant Events in Indian Press History, 1780–1857BibliographyIndex

"Joshi's interesting and well researched book is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature exploring the interface of print culture and colonial rule … Empire News helps to illuminate the rich culture of British India as well as studies of Victorian and imperial print and will serve as a bench-mark for further research in these fields." — Journal of European Periodical Studies"…a finely detailed study of news circulation in provincial and regional spaces during key periods of change and crisis, the latter not least exemplified by the chaos that engulfed India during the Indian insurgency and uprising of 1857. Information during this period became valuable currency, and Joshi draws our attention to the multiple movements of news from colony to metropole and the circulation of material within regional settings." — Victorian Studies"If we are to have histories of journalism that are both inclusive and extensive, narrated beyond the confines of individual countries, then we need many more books of this type and scope … This is a project clearly driven by passion, and it is clear how it has benefited from the additional energies, let alone stamina, that such an emotional investment brings. Disarmingly chatty in style, lifting the tone of the volume from what could have been a dusty slog through the archives, the text is further enlivened by personal vignettes from various archival sources that illustrate the complexities of writer and lawyer John Lang and his projects." — Library & Information History"Empire News will be required reading for scholars researching Victorian imperialism. Those interested in media and book studies and empire studies will find its discussion of the press networks of Anglo-India especially rewarding. This book is an important bridge between postcolonial studies and Victorian studies, two fields that have long had many missed connections. Furthermore, it is an excellent model for how to present a long-neglected archive to an audience unfamiliar with the materials." — Nasser Mufti, author of Civilizing War: Imperial Politics and the Poetics of National Rupture"An impressive and original project." — Catherine Waters, author of Commodity Culture in Dickens's "Household Words": The Social Life of Goods

Priti Joshi is Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound.

• List of IllustrationsNote on Usage and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Circulating Crisis: Colonial Newspapers and Print Culture1. Bibliographical, Periodical, and Imperial CodesAn Archive—With Many GapsMateriality: Communicating through Form, Format, and OrganizationIn Good Company: Colonial Critique and Imperial Certitude in the Mofussilite2. Through a Glass Darkly: The Great Exhibition and the Great Indian ContractorRocks in Paxton's Glass Palace"Full of Novelty and Interest": The Great Exhibition OvertakenThe Trial in Many Mirrors3. The Uprising in the Anglo-Indian PressEditorial TurbulenceExtracting News: Improvisation and ChaosThe Hindoo Patriot in the Balance4. Wanderings and Textual TravelsHouse RulesIndigenizing Brand DickensIndependent WanderingsConclusion: Mofussil NewsAppendix: Press Regulations and Significant Events in Indian Press History, 1780–1857BibliographyIndex

"Joshi's interesting and well researched book is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature exploring the interface of print culture and colonial rule … Empire News helps to illuminate the rich culture of British India as well as studies of Victorian and imperial print and will serve as a bench-mark for further research in these fields." — Journal of European Periodical Studies"…a finely detailed study of news circulation in provincial and regional spaces during key periods of change and crisis, the latter not least exemplified by the chaos that engulfed India during the Indian insurgency and uprising of 1857. Information during this period became valuable currency, and Joshi draws our attention to the multiple movements of news from colony to metropole and the circulation of material within regional settings." — Victorian Studies"If we are to have histories of journalism that are both inclusive and extensive, narrated beyond the confines of individual countries, then we need many more books of this type and scope … This is a project clearly driven by passion, and it is clear how it has benefited from the additional energies, let alone stamina, that such an emotional investment brings. Disarmingly chatty in style, lifting the tone of the volume from what could have been a dusty slog through the archives, the text is further enlivened by personal vignettes from various archival sources that illustrate the complexities of writer and lawyer John Lang and his projects." — Library & Information History"Empire News will be required reading for scholars researching Victorian imperialism. Those interested in media and book studies and empire studies will find its discussion of the press networks of Anglo-India especially rewarding. This book is an important bridge between postcolonial studies and Victorian studies, two fields that have long had many missed connections. Furthermore, it is an excellent model for how to present a long-neglected archive to an audience unfamiliar with the materials." — Nasser Mufti, author of Civilizing War: Imperial Politics and the Poetics of National Rupture"An impressive and original project." — Catherine Waters, author of Commodity Culture in Dickens's "Household Words": The Social Life of Goods

Priti Joshi is Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound.

• List of IllustrationsNote on Usage and TransliterationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Circulating Crisis: Colonial Newspapers and Print Culture1. Bibliographical, Periodical, and Imperial CodesAn Archive—With Many GapsMateriality: Communicating through Form, Format, and OrganizationIn Good Company: Colonial Critique and Imperial Certitude in the Mofussilite2. Through a Glass Darkly: The Great Exhibition and the Great Indian ContractorRocks in Paxton's Glass Palace"Full of Novelty and Interest": The Great Exhibition OvertakenThe Trial in Many Mirrors3. The Uprising in the Anglo-Indian PressEditorial TurbulenceExtracting News: Improvisation and ChaosThe Hindoo Patriot in the Balance4. Wanderings and Textual TravelsHouse RulesIndigenizing Brand DickensIndependent WanderingsConclusion: Mofussil NewsAppendix: Press Regulations and Significant Events in Indian Press History, 1780–1857BibliographyIndex

"Joshi's interesting and well researched book is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature exploring the interface of print culture and colonial rule … Empire News helps to illuminate the rich culture of British India as well as studies of Victorian and imperial print and will serve as a bench-mark for further research in these fields." — Journal of European Periodical Studies"…a finely detailed study of news circulation in provincial and regional spaces during key periods of change and crisis, the latter not least exemplified by the chaos that engulfed India during the Indian insurgency and uprising of 1857. Information during this period became valuable currency, and Joshi draws our attention to the multiple movements of news from colony to metropole and the circulation of material within regional settings." — Victorian Studies"If we are to have histories of journalism that are both inclusive and extensive, narrated beyond the confines of individual countries, then we need many more books of this type and scope … This is a project clearly driven by passion, and it is clear how it has benefited from the additional energies, let alone stamina, that such an emotional investment brings. Disarmingly chatty in style, lifting the tone of the volume from what could have been a dusty slog through the archives, the text is further enlivened by personal vignettes from various archival sources that illustrate the complexities of writer and lawyer John Lang and his projects." — Library & Information History"Empire News will be required reading for scholars researching Victorian imperialism. Those interested in media and book studies and empire studies will find its discussion of the press networks of Anglo-India especially rewarding. This book is an important bridge between postcolonial studies and Victorian studies, two fields that have long had many missed connections. Furthermore, it is an excellent model for how to present a long-neglected archive to an audience unfamiliar with the materials." — Nasser Mufti, author of Civilizing War: Imperial Politics and the Poetics of National Rupture"An impressive and original project." — Catherine Waters, author of Commodity Culture in Dickens's "Household Words": The Social Life of Goods