The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power

by Partha Chatterjee

Book Overview

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" was widely circulated and seen by the British public as an atrocity committed by savage colonial subjects. The Black Hole of Empire follows the ever-changing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152012
• ISBN13: 9780691152011
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"