The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals
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The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals by Michelle Morgan
The storm came on the night of 31 October. It was a full moon, and the tides were at their peak; the great rivers of eastern Bengal were full of monsoon rain. In the early hours the inhabitants of the coast and islands were overtaken by an immense wave from the Bay of Bengal -- a wall of water that reached a height of 40 feet in some places. The wave swept away everything in its path, drowning around 215,000 people. At least another 100,000 died in the cholera epidemic and famine that followed. It was the worst calamity of its kind in recorded history. Such events are often described as natural disasters. Kingsbury turns that interpretation on its head, showing that the cyclone of 1876 was not simply a natural event, but one shaped by all-too-human patterns of exploitation and inequality -- by divisions within Bengali society, and the enormous disparities of political and economic power that characterized British rule on the subcontinent. With Bangladesh facing rising sea levels and stronger, more frequent storms, there is every reason to revisit this terrible calamity. An Imperial Disaster is troubling but essential reading: history for an age of climate change.
Michelle Morgan is the author of fifteen non-fiction books, including the bestselling Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, and The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones and Other Victorian Scandals. Her books have been published around the world and translated into many different languages. Michelle lives in Northamptonshire, England, with her husband, teenage daughter and crazy Bichon Frise, Betty. She loves nothing more than curling up with a great book, although watching reruns of Sex and The City comes pretty close. Her first fiction novel was published in October 2020.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780762449460 |
| ISBN 10 | 0762449462 |
| Title | The Mammoth Book of Hollywood Scandals |
| Author | Michelle Morgan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Running Press |
| Year published | 2013-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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