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Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924.
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Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century.
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Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century.
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Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
Colonies -- Africa -- History.
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Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Hochschild, Adam.
Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924.
Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
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.
Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century.
Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
Colonies -- Africa -- History.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / Adam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Hochschild, Adam.
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
Call #:
967.51022 H685k
Subjects
Morel
, E. D. (Edmund Dene),
1873-1924
.
Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
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.
Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century.
Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
Colonies -- Africa -- History.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780358212508 (pbk)
Alternate title:
Story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
Edition:
Second Mariner Books ed.
Description:
xiii, 379 p., 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Reprint. Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
"A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist; a New York Times Notable Book"--Back cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-364) and index.
Summary:
"In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the area's population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent , King Leopold's Ghost is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who defied Leopold: African rebel leaders who fought against hopeless odds and a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure but unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust and participants in the twentieth century's first great human rights movement."--Publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize for Literary Style, 1999.
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, 1999.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction.
Other authors:
Kingsolver, Barbara.
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