The Foreign Political Press in Nineteenth-Century London ─ Politics from a Distance

In a period of turmoil when European and international politics were in constant reshaping, immigrants and political exiles living in London set up periodicals which contributed actively to national and international political debates. Reflecting an interdisciplinary and international discussion, this book offers a rare long-term specialist perspective into the cosmopolitan and multilingual world of the foreign political press in London, with an emphasis on periodicals published in European languages. It furthers current research into political exile, the role of print culture and personal networks as intercultural agents and the dynamics of transnational political and cultural exchange in global capitals.

Individual chapters deal with Brazilian, French, German, Indian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Spanish American, and Russian periodicals. Overarching themes include a historical survey of foreign political groups present in London throughout the long 19th century and the causes and movements they championed; analyses of the press in local and transnational contexts; and a focus on its actors and on the material conditions in which this press was created and disseminated.

The Foreign Political Press in Nineteenth-Century London is a useful volume for students and academics with an interest in 19th-century politics or the history of the press.

Constance Bantman is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Surrey, UK. She is the author of The French Anarchists in London 1880-1914 (2013) and the co-editor, along with Bert Altena, of Reassessing the Transnational Turn: Scales of Analysis in Anarchist and Syndicalist Studies (2015).

Ana Claudia Suriani da Silva is Senior Lecturer in Brazilian Studies at University College London, UK. She is the author of Machado de Assis's Philosopher or Dog? From Serial to Book Form (2010), the co-editor, along with Sandra Guardini Vasconcelos, of Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930 (2014) and the co-editor, along with Marcia Abreu, of The Cultural Revolution of the Nineteenth Century: Theatre, the Book-Trade and Reading in the Transatlantic World (2016).