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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Partha, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
East India Company.
East India Company > History > 18th century.
Geschichtsschreibung
Black Hole Incident
Imperialism.
Colonization.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Imperialisme > Histoire.
Incident du Black Hole, Kolkata, Inde, 1756.
Imperialism > History.
Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756.
India > Bengal.
India > Kolkata.
Europe > Colonies > Histoire.
Bengale (Inde) > Colonisation > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Europe > Colonies > History.
Bengal (India) > Colonization > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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