publishing to contemporaneous concerns like Germany ’ s rearmament , the importance of the unity of the Empire , and the essential role foreign journalism played in maintaining core cultural values ( 22 ). The abundant illustrations provided from magazines and newspapers give the reader a tangible sense of the rich array of publishing outlets in competition , as well as the global networks influencing narrative evolution .
Overall , the expansion of the publishing industry is convincingly portrayed as integral to the growth and cultural of the British Empire . Belk ends this thorough study of adventure fiction by pointing to its influence on the development of a common literary vernacular , from New Zealand to Barbados , Hong Kong to the American Midwest . The networks that made these global reading communities possible have historically been difficult to map , but advances in digital humanities scholarship make it likely that our understanding of these complex relationships will continue to become accessible , ensuring decades of interest in the way publishing shapes our cultural engagement and understanding .
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