Black Hole of Empire

The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power Chatterjee Partha Wydawca: Princeton University Press Data wydania: 2012 ISBN: 9780691152011 Liczba stron: 440 Format: 230 x 154 x 27 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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 British Empire in India.