News and the British World The Emergence of

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were increasingly drawn together by an imperial press system. This is the first scholarly study of the development of that system. Simon J. Potter examines key debates during episodes such as the South African War and the First World War, and reveals the ambiguous impact of the system on local, national, and imperial identities.

Simon Potter is lecturer in Imperial History, National University of Ireland, Galway.

List of Illustrations	xii
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(11)
1. The Roots of an Imperial Press System	12	(24)
2. News Distribution and the South African War	36	(20)
3. Constructive Imperialism, State Intervention, and the Press	56	(31)
4. The Role of Reuters	87	(19)
5. The British Press and News from the Dominions	106	(26)
6. The Imperial Press Conference of 1909 and its Consequences	132	(28)
7. The Imperial Politics of the Press	160	(26)
8. The Imperial Press System and the First World War	186	(25)
Conclusions	211	(6)
Bibliography	217	(22)
Index	239

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News and the British World The Emergence of an Imperial Press System 1876-1922

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