Jane Austen and the black hole of British history
Subtitle: colonial rapacity, holocaust denial and the crisis in biological sustainablilty
By: Gideon Maxwell Polya
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: G.M. Polya
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Macleod, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781921377440
Subjects: Historiography; Criticism and interpretation; Administration; British occupation, 1765-1947; Imperialism; Famines; Social conditions; Colonies; History
Description: Is concerned in part with the holocaust in British India that commenced with the Great Bengal Famine of 1769-1770 (10 million victims), concluded with the WW2 Bengal Famine (6-7 million victims) and took tens of millions of lives in between, and have been almost completely written out of history and removed from general perception.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-262) and index.