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_b.H63 2019
100 1 _aHochschild, Adam,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aKing Leopold's ghost :
_ba story of greed, terror and heroism in Colonial Africa /
_cAdam Hochschild.
246 3 0 _aStory of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
250 _aPicador Classic edition.
260 _aLondon :
_bPicador,
_c 2019.
300 _a379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map ;
_c20 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 352-364) and index.
505 0 _aWalking into fire -- A king at bay.
520 _aIn the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold's Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
586 _a1999 Duff Cooper Prize
600 0 0 _aL�eopold
_bII,
_cKing of the Belgians,
_d1835-1909.
600 1 0 _aMorel, E. D.
_q(Edmund Dene),
_d1873-1924.
600 0 7 _aLeopold
_bII,
_cKing of the Belgians,
_d1835-1909
_2fast
600 1 7 _aMorel, E. D.
_q(Edmund Dene),
_d1873-1924
_2fast
648 7 _aTo 1999
_2fast
648 7 _aTo 1908
_2fast
650 0 _aForced labor
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aForced labor
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIndigenous peoples
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aIndigenous peoples
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aHuman rights movements
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aHuman rights movements
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 6 _aTravail forcé
_zCongo (République démocratique)
_xHistoire
_y19e siècle.
650 6 _aTravail forcé
_zCongo (République démocratique)
_xHistoire
_y20e siècle.
650 6 _aMouvements des droits de l'homme
_xHistoire
_y19e siècle.
650 6 _aMouvements des droits de l'homme
_xHistoire
_y20e siècle.
650 7 _aIndigenous peoples
_2fast
650 7 _aHuman rights movements
_2fast
650 7 _aForced labor
_2fast
650 7 _aAntislavery movements
_2fast
650 7 _aPolitics and government
_2fast
650 7 _aRace relations
_2fast
650 7 _aSlave labor
_2fast
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_yTo 1908.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xPolitics and government
_y1885-1908.
_98535
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 6 _aCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
_xHistoire
_yJusqu'�a 1908.
651 6 _aCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
_xPolitique et gouvernement
_y1885-1908.
651 7 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_2fast
655 7 _aHistory
_2fast
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