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King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / Adam Hochschild.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hochschild, Adam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights movements.
- History.
- Race relations.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Forced labor.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1885-1908.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Politics and government.
- 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.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Human rights movements--History--19th century.
- Human rights movements--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In "an enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulation, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor" ("Christian Science Monitor"), Hochschild tells the story of King Leopold of Belgium, a megalomaniac of monstrous portions. 31 photos. Map.
- Contents:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-350) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- ISBN:
- 0547525737
- 9780547525730
- Publisher Number:
- 99951652780
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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