{"product_id":"9780358212508-king-leopolds-ghost-a-story-of-greed-terror-and-heroism-in-colonial-africa","title":"King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: King Leopold's Ghost A Story Of Greed Terror And Heroism In Colonial Africa\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Hochschild Adam\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780358212508\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 416 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 3\/3\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hochschild Adam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49594794770737,"sku":"IN-G-9780358212508","price":26.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780358212508-king-leopolds-ghost-a-story-of-greed-terror-and-heroism-in-colonial-africa","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}