The British East India Company and the Great Bengal Famine of 1770: Towards a Corporate Colonial Biopolitics
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DOI: 10.1080/00167428.2024.2325977
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Great Bengal Famine of 1770 took 10 million lives. The British East India Company’s (EIC) extraction of resources and imposition of brutal tax policies in Bengal exacerbated the disaster. By exploring the intersections… read more here.
Keywords: great bengal; corporate colonial; famine 1770; company ... See more keywords