Hungry Bengal : war, famine and the end of empire / Janam Mukherjee.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : maps (black and white).Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190492182 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Famines -- India -- Bengal -- History | Bengal (India) -- History
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- India -- BengalAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190209889DDC classification: 954.140359 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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