000			02893cam a22004213i 4500
999			_c5609 _d5609
001			ocn881042212
003			OCoLC
005			20200716171356.0
008			140601r20152014nyub b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780062200129 _q(paperback)
020			_a0062200127 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)881042212
040			_aBTCTA _beng _cTZ-ArACH
041	1		_aeng _hdut
043			_af-cg---
049			_aTZAA
050		4	_aDT658 _b.R49 2015
082	0	4	_a967.51
100	1		_aVan Reybrouck, David, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aCongo. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aCongo : _bthe epic history of a people / _cDavid van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
250			_aFirst Ecco paperback edition.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c2015.
300			_axii, 639 pages : _bmaps ; _c23 cm
500			_aTranslation of: Congo : een geschiedenis.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 597-618) and index.
505	0	0	_tNew spirits: Central Africa draws the attention of East and West, 1870-1885 -- _t"Diabolical filth": Congo under Leopold II, 1885-1908 -- _tThe Belgians set us free: The early years of the colonial regime, 1908-1921 -- _tIn the stranglehold of fear: Growing unrest and mutual suspicion in peacetime, 1921-1940 -- _tThe red hour of the kickoff: The war and the deceptive calm that followed, 1940-1955 -- _tSoon to be ours: A belated decolonization, a sudden independence, 1955-1960 -- _tA Thursday in June -- _tThe struggle for the throne: The turbulent years of the First Republic, 1960-1965 -- _tThe electric years: Mobutu gets down to business, 1965-1975 -- _tToujours servir: A marshal's madness, 1975-1990 -- _tThe death throes: Democratic opposition and military confrontation, 1990-1997 -- _tCompassion, what is that?: The great war of Africa, 1997-2002 -- _tLa bi�ere et la pri�ere (Suds and sanctity): New players in a wasted land, 2002-2006 -- _tThe recess: Hope and despair in a newborn democracy, 2006-2010.
520			_aVan Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.
650		7	_aHistory _zAfrica _xCentral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPolitical science _xGenocide & War Crimes. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPolitical science _xImperialism. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory.
651		7	_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _2fast
651		4	_aCongo (Democratic Republic.)
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast
700	1		_aGarrett, Sam, _etranslator.
942			_2lcc _cBOOK