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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (Paperback, 2012)

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WINNER OF THE 1999 DUFF COOPER PRIZE. 'Brilliant. this book must be read and re-read' Neal Ascherson'. '. A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead.

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A riveting and highly readable account of the Congo massacre, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes. WINNER OF THE 1999 DUFF COOPER PRIZE.

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PublisherPan Macmillan

ISBN-139781447211358

eBay Product ID (ePID)113182559

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Number of Pages400 Pages

Publication NameKing Leopold's Ghost: a Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

AuthorAdam Hochschild

FormatPaperback

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Item Height197 mm

Item Weight311 g

Item Width132 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorAdam Hochschild

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by cmas1629
20 Jul, 2017
A grim tale of Belgian colonialism
I knew much of the history of the Belgians in the Congo and this fills in many of the details. On the distaff side, the book production values are poor: poor quality paper and illustrations suffer as a result - I would buy a decent hard cover copy
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by campb5301-orwqyecm
23 Aug, 2018
A great piece
Though still reading it but it portrays how greed led to the looting of Africa's wealth. I think that the Western and Arab world should apologise to Africa for the inhuman treatments of her people in the past.
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by eliasa3265
14 Apr, 2024
Well researched with sound internal and external validity relative to Africa and Regions of our world inflicted with the European Empire.
It is diagnostic and analytic of the source, origin, an thereby the solution of Africa's contemporary seemingly intractable problems.
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by kona6867
17 Jan, 2018
Excellent read
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