Land of tears : the exploration and exploitation of equatorial Africa / Robert Harms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harms, Robert, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonization.

Social aspects.

Africa, Central--History--To 1884.

Africa, Central.

Central Africa.

History.

Africa, Central--Colonization--Environmental aspects.

Africa, Central--Colonization--Social aspects.

Colonization--Social aspects.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

v, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

Summary:

"In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the chaotic process by which the heart of Africa was utterly transformed in the nineteenth century and the rainforest of the Congo River basin became one of the most brutally exploited places on earth. Ranging from remote African villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut piano-key factories, Harms reveals how equatorial Africa became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within our global world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Manyema

Competition for the Atlantic Coast

The Grand Highway of Commerce

Homeward Bound

A Torrent of Treaties

Creating the Congos

Rescuing Emin

Things Fall Apart

Concession Companies and Colonial Violence

The "Red Rubber" Scandals

The End of Red Rubber.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-522) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Harms, Robert, Land of tears

ISBN:

9780465028634

0465028632

OCLC:

1104908900