ABSTRACT
This chapter shares insight gained from employing this dual approach distilled from research on empire and periodicals of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the "collective identity" of the media form and the popular discourses on empire – in other words, the culture of empire. The chapter emphasizes the importance of news collation and transfer. The periodical press in Britain utilized a range of providers and news packages that included specialist compendiums and international news agencies. During the nineteenth century, issues pertaining to militarism, monarchism, and race dominated narratives of empire in British print culture. The chapter attempts to ascertain each paper's circulation; institutional and editorial background; and outreach and networks of news collection. It reveals how questions about the nature and future of the Indian empire had crystallized around this one bill, including issues of racial supremacy, the ideology of empire, and the legitimacy of imperial domination.
