The black hole of empire history of a global practice of power /
When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. While this episode was never independently confirmed, the story of "The black hole of Calcutta...
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Main Author: | Chatterjee, Partha, 1947- |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2012]
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Physical Description: |
xiv, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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