The black hole of empire : history of a global practice of power /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chatterjee, Partha, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Temas:
East India Company > History > 18th century.
East India Company.
1700-1799
Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756.
Imperialism > History.
Incident du Black Hole, Kolkata, Inde, 1756.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Colonization.
Imperialism.
Black Hole Incident
Geschichtsschreibung
Bengal (India) > Colonization > History > 18th century.
Europe > Colonies > History.
Bengale (Inde) > Colonisation > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Europe > Colonies > Histoire.
India > Kolkata.
India > Bengal.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Outrage in Calcutta
  • 2. A secret veil
  • 3. Tipus Tiger
  • 4. Liberty of the subject
  • 5. Equality of subjects
  • 6. For the happiness of mankind
  • 7. The pedagogy of violence
  • 8. The pedagogy of culture
  • 9. Bombs, sovereignty, and football
  • 10. The death and everlasting life of empire.

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