The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power by Partha Chatterjee

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

Partha Chatterjee

425 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 confir...

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