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Hochschild Adam
King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa
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Description: 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 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 A 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 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 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 century's first great human rights movement.
Title: King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa
Author(s): Hochschild Adam
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358212508
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/3/2020
Description: 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 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 A 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 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 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 century's first great human rights movement.
Title: King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa
Author(s): Hochschild Adam
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358212508
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/3/2020