King Leopold's Ghost
A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
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The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . A work of history that reads like a novel. " Christian Science Monitor As Hochschilds brilliant book demons...
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The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . A work of history that reads like a novel. " Christian Science Monitor As Hochschilds brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . This book must be read and reread. Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book 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 areas 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 Leopolds 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 centurys first great human rights movement.
Detaljer
Forlag
Mariner Books Classics
ISBN
9780358212508
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
416
Udgivelsesdato
03-03-2020
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3339010
EAN nr.
9780358212508
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
135
Bredde (mm)
202
Længde (mm)
34
Vægt (g)
340
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