LEADER 04072cam a2200553 i 4500001 99131177097906421 005 20241024040702.0 008 240316t20242024nyu b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2023059211 020 9781032479262 |qhardcover 020 1032479264 |qhardcover 020 9781032479279 |qpaperback 020 1032479272 |qpaperback 020 |z9781003386575 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1414370403 040 LBSOR |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dYDX |dOCLCO 042 pcc 050 00 PN4930.5 |b.L49 2024 082 00 079.729 |223/eng/20240329 100 1 Lewis, Andrew |c(Historian), |eauthor. 245 10 British West Indian newspapers and the abolition of slavery / |cAndrew Lewis. 264 1 New York : |bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c2024. 264 4 |c©2024 300 xvi, 370 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Routledge studies in modern history 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 British West Indian newspapers by the 1820s : the fifth estate? -- The precarious business of running a West Indian newspaper -- What the papers said : the planter press -- What the other papers said : the West Indian liberal press -- Flash points : newspaper disputes with the legislature and the judiciary -- West Indian governors and the press : ships' captains complaining about the sea -- West Indian newspapers viewed from afar : the colonial office and the British press -- Conclusions : newspapering over the cracks. 520 "This book is the first overall survey of the British West Indian press in the early nineteenth century-a critical period in the history of the region. Based on extensive and ground-breaking archival research, this volume provides an in-depth history of early nineteenth-century British West Indian newspapers and potted biographies of the journalists who produced them. The author examines the economics underpinning newspapers, and a political spectrum, unique to the West Indian press, is also posited. Towards one end sat a small group of 'liberal' newspapers that outraged white colonists by arguing for civil and political rights to be extended to so-called free coloureds and for the abolition of slavery; scattered at various points towards the other end of the spectrum were newspapers still best collectively described as the 'planter press'-the traditional term used in the literature. Starting from this basic conceptual framework, the volume shows how the press landscape in the British Caribbean at this time was more volatile and complex than has been previously thought. This volume will be of value to academics, undergraduates and postgraduates studying Caribbean and media history and those interested in modern history"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Newspapers |zWest Indies, British |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Newspaper publishing |zWest Indies, British |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Slavery |zWest Indies, British |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Antislavery movements |zWest Indies, British |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Press and politics |zWest Indies, British |xHistory |y19th century. 650 6 Entreprises de presse |zAntilles britanniques |xHistoire |y19e siècle. 650 6 Mouvements antiesclavagistes |zAntilles britanniques |xHistoire |y19e siècle. 776 08 |iOnline version:Lewis, Andrew (Historian). |tBritish West Indian newspapers and the abolition of slavery |dNew York, NY : Routledge, 2024 |z9781003386575 |w(DLC) 2023059212 830 0 Routledge studies in modern history 902 010005061 |wcopy |120241015122746.0 902 010005061 |wcopy 910 |cD0101mon |d3110-10 |gYBP 914 (OCoLC)on1414370403 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20241023 |eprocessed |f1414370403 960 |o1 |zUSD 961 |fSAK |m311010 |nCloth 980 20634420 |i180.00 982 |cf 984 20240726 |b125135 |cYBP-US