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Black HoleBlack Hole

Black Hole

Jan Dalley, Jan Dalley

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The Black Hole is the story of the propagation of a myth that arose as the British Empire came into being. A myth about the barbarism of a people the colonials sought to rule, and how the myth based on improbable exaggeration and half-truth helped justify the march of empire for two hundred years.

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OL Work ID
OL8256009W

Subjects

East India Company -- Officials and employees.Black Hole Incident, Calcutta, India, 1756.India -- History -- 1526-1765.East india companyBlack hole incident, calcutta, india, 1756India, history, 1526-1765

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