The Spread of Print in Colonial India : Into the Hinterland (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)

Gupta, Abhijit

Cambridge University Press（2021/11発売）

Cambridge University Press（2021/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108969833
• DDC分類 686.20954

Full Description

This study focuses on the spread of print in colonial India towards the middle and end of the nineteenth century. Till the first half of the century, much of the print production in the subcontinent emanated from presidency cities such as Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, along with centres of missionary production such as Serampore. But with the growing socialization of print and the entry of local entrepreneurs into the field, print began to spread from the metropole to the provinces, from large cities to mofussil towns. This Element will look at this phenomenon in eastern India, and survey how printing spread from Calcutta to centres such as Hooghly-Chinsurah, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Rangpur etc. The study will particularly consider the rise of periodicals and newspapers in the mofussil, and asses their contribution to a nascent public sphere.

Contents

Introduction; Prologue: the three journeys of Gangakishore Bhattacharya; 1. Out of Serampore; 2. Out of Calcutta; Conclusion: the end of a beginning"; Epilogue: the many beatitudes of Kangal Harinath.