Hungry Bengal [electronic resource] : war, famine and the end of empire / Janam Mukherjee.
2016
DS485.B49 M864 2016eb
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Hungry Bengal [electronic resource] : war, famine and the end of empire / Janam Mukherjee.
Author
Mukherjee, Janam, author.
ISBN
9780190492182 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : maps
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190209889 doi
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DS485.B49 M864 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
954.140359
Summary
Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial front in the British/American conflict with Japan during World War II, Bengal stood at the crossroads of complex forces that describe an era of political uncertainty, social turmoil, and collective violence. The period (1939-1946) can be defined, above all, by three interrelated events: World War II, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946. Mobilization for war began in 1939, but Britain's sense of urgency was difficult to impress upon a sceptical Indian population already chaffing under the injustices of colonial rule and grave economic hardship. This book examines this topic.
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Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial front in the British/American conflict with Japan during World War II, Bengal stood at the crossroads of complex forces that describe an era of political uncertainty, social turmoil, and collective violence. The period (1939-1946) can be defined, above all, by three interrelated events: World War II, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946. Mobilization for war began in 1939, but Britain's sense of urgency was difficult to impress upon a sceptical Indian population already chaffing under the injustices of colonial rule and grave economic hardship. This book examines this topic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : in search of famine
War
Denial
Priorities
Famine
Japan attacks
Second famine
Riots
Conclusion.
War
Denial
Priorities
Famine
Japan attacks
Second famine
Riots
Conclusion.