The black hole of empire [ history of a global practice of power

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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
Subjects:	Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756 Imperialism > History
Online Access:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001557/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html

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