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&qu...
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Chatterjee, Partha [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press ; 2012

©2012.

Ausgabe:

Course Book.

Rechteinformationen:

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Schlagwörter:

East India Company, History, 18th century

Black Hole Incident, Calcutta, India, 1756

Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756

Imperialism, History

Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756.

Imperialism.

Geschichte Asiens.

Social Sciences.

Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology.

Sociology.

HISTORY.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General

Europe, Colonies, History

Bengal (India), Colonization, History, 18th century

Anmerkung:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

1 online resource (440 pages)

Reproduktion:

2012.

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ISBN:

978-1-4008-4260-5

978-0-691-15200-4

978-0-691-15201-1

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9781400842605

Katalog-ID:

858774887

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