Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire : an exploration

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Label

Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire : an exploration

Title remainder

an exploration

Statement of responsibility

edited by J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel

Contributor

• Vann, J. Don, (Jerry Don), 1938-
• VanArsdel, Rosemary T.

Editor

• VanArsdel, Rosemary T.
• Vann, J. Don, (Jerry Don), 1938-

Subject

• 1800-1899
• British colonies
• Britse koloniën
• Electronic books
• Geschichte 1800-1900
• Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 19th century -- Periodicals
• Großbritannien, Consulate
• HISTORY -- Europe | Great Britain
• History
• Kolonie
• Press -- British colonies
• Press -- Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 19th century
• REFERENCE -- General
• Tijdschriften
• Victoriaanse tijd
• Zeitschrift

Genre

• Electronic books
• History
• Periodicals

Language

eng

Summary

Research in periodical literature has demonstrated conclusively that the nineteenth century in Britain was the age of the periodical. It also has 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. Each chapter presents an evaluation of the quantity and quality of guides available to periodical literature in each region, from basic bibliographies of periodicals, directories, and finding aids, to microfilm records and databases on the Internet

Member of

• CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection

Cataloging source

CaOTU

Dewey number

052/.09/034

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

PN5124.P4

LC item number

P47 1996eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography