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King Leopold's ghost a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa  Cover Image E-book E-book

King Leopold's ghost a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa

Hochschild, Adam. (Author).

Summary: Documents the plundering of the territory.

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  • ISBN: 9780547525730 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0547525737 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (366 p.) : ill., map.
  • Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-350) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: "The traders area kidnapping our people" -- Walking into fire. "I shall not give up the chase" ; The fox crosses the dream ; The magnificent cake ; "The treaties must grant us everything" ; From Florida to Berlin ; Under the Yacht Club flag ; The first heretic ; Where there aren't no Ten Commandments ; Meeting Mr. Kurtz ; The wood that weeps ; A secret society of murderers -- A King at bay. David and Goliath ; Breaking into the thieves' kitchen ; To flood his deeds with day ; A reckoning ; "Journalists won't give you recipes" ; No man is a stranger ; Victory? ; The Great Forgetting -- Looking back : a personal afterword.
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Description based on print version record.
Subject: Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908
Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century
Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century
Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Congo (République démocratique) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1885-1908
Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Kolonialismus
Rassenbeziehung
Zwangsarbeit
Kongo (Demokratische Republik)
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