Cities and News

This Element Examines Urban Imaginaries During The Expansion Of International News Between The Late Nineteenth And The Early Twentieth Centuries When Everyday Information About Faraway Places Found Its Way Into Newspapers All Over The World. Building On The Premise That News Carried An Unprecedented Power To Shape Representations Of The World It Follows This Development As It Made Its Way To Regular Readers Beyond The Dominant Information Poles In The Great Port-Cities Of The South American Atlantic. Based On Five Case Studies Of Typical Turn-Of-The-Century Foreign News Lila Caimari Shows How Current Events Opened Windows Onto Distant Cities Feeding A New World Horizon That Was At Once Wider And Eminently Urban.