Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920–1947 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 56)

At the end of the First World War, India's government officials and nationalist politicians began to recognize the need for an organized communications network. The challenge for government and nationalists alike was to create a propaganda machine that could disseminate news to a large and diverse population, at the same time eliciting the desired political response. Milton Israel describes the role of the press in the last stage of the nationalist struggle in India on the eve of the British departure. At the end of the First World War, Indian officials and nationalist politicians began to recognize the need to create a propaganda machine that could spread news to a large and diverse population. This 1994 book describes the role of the press in the last stage of the nationalist struggle in India on the eve of the British departure. India's government officials and nationalist politicians began to recognize the need for an organized communications network by the end of the First World War. This text describes the press's role in the last stage of the nationalist struggle prior to the British departure. 'Communications and Power' presents an original contribution to the study of nationalism and nation building which informed and constrained both Asian and African freedom movements in the twentieth century.