The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals

This is a book of incredible scope and ambition (in chronological, geographical and intellectual terms). It will make a key contribution to this vibrant field. There is cutting-edge scholarship in evidence, and the Handbook offers key contributions to the effort to decentre Victorian studies from a national frame. -- Robert and Vineta Colby Book Prize Committee * Research Society for Victorian Periodicals *
This impressive volume brings together a range of colonial periodicals, produced both in Britain and across her colonies, to offer at a glance a multitude of positions on political, societal and economic matters. While commending the sheer scale of this enterprise, the real value of the book also lies in its pulling together of hugely different contexts that were yet linked through the imperial connection. The resulting insights on the colonial public sphere, women, language, trans-colonial networks and anti-imperialist movements as well as the actual processes of production and circulation of printed periodicals, are invaluable for anyone interested in colonial print and its dissemination across the globe. An additional attraction is the rich collection of images that embed the discussions in far more potent ways than a focus on text alone would have done. -- Anindita Ghosh, University of Manchester