LEADER 03722nam 2200625 450 001 9910797902803321 005 20230126214023.0 010 $a0-19-061848-5 010 $a0-19-061306-8 010 $a0-19-049218-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000586214 035 $a(EBL)4413941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001675164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16484033 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001675164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15023207 035 $a(PQKB)11679193 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001305780 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4413941 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4413941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11215111 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL895883 035 $a(OCoLC)936063350 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000586214 100 $a20160621h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHungry Bengal $ewar, famine and the end of empire /$fJanam Mukherjee 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-020988-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Rice 327 $aAbandoning 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; Notes 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 8 $aRepresenting 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. 606 $aFamines$zIndia$zBengal$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zIndia$zBengal 607 $aBengal (India)$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aFamines$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 676 $a954.14 700 $aMukherjee$b Janam$01471591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797902803321 996 $aHungry Bengal$93683945 997 $aUNINA