Bibliograph

King Leopold's ghost, a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild

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King Leopold's ghost, a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-350) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

King Leopold's ghost

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

759834634

Responsibility statement

Adam Hochschild

Sub title

a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa

Summary

Documents the plundering of the territory

Table Of Contents

"The traders area kidnapping our people" -- Walking into fire. "I shall not give up the chase" ; The fox crosses the dream ; The magnificent cake ; "The treaties must grant us everything" ; From Florida to Berlin ; Under the Yacht Club flag ; The first heretic ; Where there aren't no Ten Commandments ; Meeting Mr. Kurtz ; The wood that weeps ; A secret society of murderers -- A King at bay. David and Goliath ; Breaking into the thieves' kitchen ; To flood his deeds with day ; A reckoning ; "Journalists won't give you recipes" ; No man is a stranger ; Victory? ; The Great Forgetting -- Looking back : a personal afterword

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