03722nam 2200625 450 991082162070332120230126214023.00-19-061848-50-19-061306-80-19-049218-X(CKB)3710000000586214(EBL)4413941(SSID)ssj0001675164(PQKBManifestationID)16484033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001675164(PQKBWorkID)15023207(PQKB)11679193(StDuBDS)EDZ0001305780(MiAaPQ)EBC4413941(Au-PeEL)EBL4413941(CaPaEBR)ebr11215111(CaONFJC)MIL895883(OCoLC)936063350(EXLCZ)99371000000058621420160621h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHungry Bengal war, famine and the end of empire /Janam MukherjeeNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (346 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-020988-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map; Introduction: In Search of Famine; Framing Famine; Total War; "The Bengal Famine of 1943"; The Calcutta Riots; Perspective; 1. War; Food Security; Enforcing Morale; Hearts and Minds; The Countryside; Establishing Priorities; The Fortress Falls; Burmese Days; Nobody's Home; Provincial Politics and War; 2. Denial; "Denial"; The Denial Resolution; Quit India; Economic Warfare; Storm; Christmas in Calcutta; 3. Priorities; The "Steel Frame"; Imports; Starving Indians; Hunger Artist; De-control; Section 93; The Scramble for RiceAbandoning the Basic Plan4. Famine; Food Drive; Last Ditch Denials; "Famine"; Starvation; "Sick Destitutes"; Round-ups and Resistance; Bengal in Ruins; The Good Viceroy; 5. Japan Attacks; The Forgotten Chapter; The Port of Calcutta; Japan Attacks; Damage Control; Bodies; Settling Accounts; Air Raid Damage; 6. Second Famine; Ending Famine; Whose Famine?; Governing Bengal; Imports; Famine Enquiry; Politics; The Lean Season; Disturbances; Second Famine; 7. Riots; Direct Action; Territory; Loot; Labor; Anti-Colonialism and Administrative Collapse; Bodies; Communalism; Conclusion; NotesBibliographyIndexRepresenting both a major front in the Indian struggle against colonial rule, as well as a crucial front in the British/American conflict with Japan during World War II, Bengal stood at the crossroads of complex forces that describe an era of political uncertainty, social turmoil, and collective violence. The period (1939-1946) can be defined, above all, by three interrelated events: World War II, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946. Mobilization for war began in 1939, but Britain's sense of urgency was difficult to impress upon a sceptical Indian population already chaffing under the injustices of colonial rule and grave economic hardship. This book examines this topic.FaminesIndiaBengalHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsIndiaBengalBengal (India)History20th centuryFaminesHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspects954.14Mukherjee Janam1593987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821620703321Hungry Bengal3914374UNINA