Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920–1947: 56

Author:

Milton Israel

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Year 1994
ISBN-13

9780521420372

ISBN-10 9780521420372
Binding

Hardcover

Number of Pages 354 Pages
Language (English)
Weight (grms) 522
At the end of the First World War, Government of India officials and Indian nationalist politicians began to recognise the need for an organized communications network that could reach out to a large and diverse Indian population. The challenge for Government and nationalists alike was to create an effective propaganda machine that could both disseminate news and, at the same time, elicit the desired political response. Milton Israel's 1994 book describes the role of the press, news services and propaganda agencies in the last stage of the nationalist struggle in India before the departure of the British, emphasizing the media's participation in the development of a 'national' perspective. Within this context, the author examines the significance of the encounter between imperialism and nationalism and the influence one had upon the other in achieving often conflicting objectives.

Milton Israel

Milton Israel is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto. Amongst the several major books he has authored and edited, the two are significant: Communication & Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920-1947 and South Asian Diaspora in Canada.
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