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The Black Hole
Money, Myth and Empire
Fig Tree
Paperback : 26 Jul 2007
£8.99
Synopsis
The story of the Black Hole of Calcutta was once drilled into every British schoolchild: how in 1756 the Nawab of Bengal attacked Fort William and locked the survivors in a tiny cell, where over a hundred souls died in insufferable heat. British retribution was swift and merciless, and led to much of India falling completely under colonial dominion.
The Black Hole is the story of the propogation of a myth that arose as the British Empire came into being: a myth about the barbarism of a people the colonials sought to rule, and how that myth - based on improbable exaggeration and half-truth - helped justify the march of empire for two hundred years.
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141014999
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 240
Published : 26 Jul 2007
Publisher : Fig Tree
The Black Hole
Money, Myth and Empire
£8.99
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