Details

Subject(s)

• Waikato War, N.Z., 1863-1865—Foreign public opinion [Browse]
• South African War, 1899-1902—Foreign public opinion [Browse]
• Waikato War, N.Z., 1863-1865—Press coverage [Browse]
• South African War, 1899-1902—Press coverage [Browse]
• Australia—Foreign relations—Great Britain [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—Australia [Browse]
• Sudan—History—1881-1899 [Browse]
• Great Britain—Colonies [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series [More in this series]
• Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series

Summary note

"Explores how public commentary framed Australian involvement in the Waikato War (1863-64), the Sudan Crisis (1885), and the South African War (1899-1902), a succession of conflicts that reverberated around the British Empire and which the newspaper press reported at length. It reconstructs the ways these conflicts were understood and reflected in the colonial and British press, and how commentators responded to the shifting circumstances that shaped the mood of their coverage. Studying each conflict in turn, the book explores the expressions of feeling that arose within and between the Australian colonies and Britain. It argues that settler and imperial narratives required constant defending and maintaining"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-277) and index.

ISBN

• 9783319637747
• 3319637746

LCCN

2017948267

OCLC

1015970811

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