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. This title follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the...

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Main Author: Chatterjee, Partha , 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , c2012
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001557/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html

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