BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

No image available
No image available

Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire Paperback - 2023

by Janam Mukherjee

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for

From the publisher

The years leading up to the independence and accompanying partition of India mark a tumultuous period in the history of Bengal. Representing both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial Allied outpost in the British/American war against Japan, Bengal stood at the crossroads of complex and contentious structural forces - both domestic and international - which, taken together, defined an era of political uncertainty, social turmoil and collective violence. While for the British the overarching priority was to save the empire from imminent collapse at any cost, for the majority of the Indian population the 1940s were years of acute scarcity, violent dislocation and enduring calamity. In particular there are three major crises that shaped the social, economic and political context of pre-partition Bengal: the Second World War, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946. Hungry Bengal examines these intricately interconnected events, foregrounding the political economy of war and famine in order to analyse the complex nexus of hunger, war and civil violence in colonial Bengal at the twilight of British rule.

Details

  • Title Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire
  • Author Janam Mukherjee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication date 2023-07-01
  • ISBN 9780197690192 / 019769019X
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.49 x 5.47 x 1.07 in (21.56 x 13.89 x 2.72 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Category History - General History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 954.14

About the author

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.

More Copies for Sale

No image available

Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire

by Mukherjee, Janam

  • New
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780197690192 / 019769019x
Quantity available
19
Seller
Item price
A$53.55
A$28.90 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Oxford University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Add to wish list
Item price
A$53.55
A$28.90 Delivery to USA
No image available

Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire

by Mukherjee, Janam

  • Used
  • Good
  • Paperback
Condition
Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780197690192 / 019769019X
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$90.70
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$90.70
Free Delivery to USA