Janam Mukherjee

Broschiertes Buch

Hungry Bengal

War, Famine and the End of Empire

Beschreibung

This is an unsparing account of one of the most overlooked episodes of mass starvation in history. It offers fresh insight into Indian history by focusing on three crises that precipitated independence: WWII, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946.

Autor

Janam Mukherjee is Associate Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University. He holds a PhD in Anthropology and History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780197690192
• ISBN-10: 019769019X
• Artikelnr.: 67782288