Jules Marchal

Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts

Colonial Exploitation in the Congo

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In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led Britishenterpreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by themurderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdomreliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labor, a program that reduced thepopulation of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Naziholocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchalexposes the nature of forced labor under Lord Leverhulme's rule and theappalling conditions imposed upon the inhabitants of Congo. With an extensiveintroduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Thom, Martin / Hochschild, Adam

ISBN: 978-1-84467-239-4
EAN: 9781844672394
Produktnummer: 22331475
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 244 S.

Über den Autor

A former diplomat in the Belgian Congo, JULES MARCHAL (1924-2004) spenttwenty years researching forced labor. ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of theaward-winning King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains. He teaches at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, and writes for, among other journals, New YorkReview of Books, Harper's and The Nation.