News and the British World: The Emergence of an Imperial Press System 1876-1922(Oxford Historical Monographs)

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

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 syste