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Hungry Bengal : War, Famine and the End of Empire / Janam Mukherjee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2015Description: xii, 329 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781849044318
  • 9780190209889 (acidfree paper)
  • 0190209887 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 954.1404 23
LOC classification:
  • DS485.B49 M864 2015
Contents:
Introduction : in search of famine -- War -- Denial -- Priorities -- Famine -- Japan attacks -- Second famine -- Riots -- Conclusion.
Summary: Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in colonial Bengal.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.

Introduction : in search of famine -- War -- Denial -- Priorities -- Famine -- Japan attacks -- Second famine -- Riots -- Conclusion.

Examines the interconnected events including World War II, India's struggle for independence, and a period of acute scarcity that lead to mass starvation in colonial Bengal.

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