[headline]The first major overview of British colonial periodicals from the rise of the British Empire to decolonisation The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals showcases the latest research into British colonial periodicals, newspapers, magazines and journals by leading scholars in the field. Its thirty-five commissioned chapters analyse the fundamental role played by colonial periodicals in sustaining as well as contesting the economic, political and cultural hegemony of the British Empire from its inception to its fall. Considering both works published in Britain for colonial consumption and those published in British colonies, this volume brings attention to overlooked colonial and anti-colonial publications, in addition to reassessing well-known titles. Its contributors discuss periodicals and newspapers in a wide range of languages, including Māori, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Odia, Swahili, Yorùbá, isiXhosa, isiZulu and English. [biographies]David Finkelstein is a cultural historian who has published in areas related to print, labour and press history. David Johnson is Professor of Literature in the Department of English and Creative Writing at The Open University. Caroline Davis is Associate Professor in Publishing in the Department of Information Studies at University College London.
