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Hungry Bengal : war, famine and the end of empire

Janam Mukherjee (Author)
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
eBook, English, 2015
Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], 2015
History
1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : maps
9780190613068, 9780190492182, 0190613068, 019049218X
936063350
Introduction : in search of famine
War
Denial
Priorities
Famine
Japan attacks
Second famine
Riots
Conclusion