King Leopold's Ghost
A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel. Christian Science Monitor ';As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.' Los Angeles Times Book Review 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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-547-52573-0
- EAN: 9780547525730
- Produktnummer: 35585052
- Verlag: HMH Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 19'843 KB
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