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The Resource King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, (electronic resource)
King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, (electronic resource)
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The item King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- Contents
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- "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
- Isbn
- 9780547525730
- Label
- King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
- Title
- King Leopold's ghost
- Title remainder
- a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Hochschild
- Subject
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- Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1885-1908
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales | Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales | Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Electronic books
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Geschichte 1885-1908
- Geschichte 1885-1960
- Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Kolonialismus
- Kongo (Demokratische Republik)
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Rassenbeziehung
- Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Zwangsarbeit
- Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Documents the plundering of the territory
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hochschild, Adam
- Dewey number
- 967.51/022
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT655
- LC item number
- .H63 1999eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Forced labor
- Forced labor
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples
- Human rights movements
- Human rights movements
- Travail forcé
- Travail forcé
- Autochtones
- Autochtones
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme
- Kolonialismus
- Rassenbeziehung
- Zwangsarbeit
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (République démocratique)
- Congo (République démocratique)
- Congo (République démocratique)
- Kongo (Demokratische Republik)
- Label
- King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-350) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- 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
- Control code
- ocn759834634
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780547525730
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill., map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759834634
- Label
- King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa, Adam Hochschild, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-350) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- 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
- Control code
- ocn759834634
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780547525730
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill., map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759834634
Subject
- Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1885-1908
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales | Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Congo (République démocratique) -- Relations raciales | Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Electronic books
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Geschichte 1885-1908
- Geschichte 1885-1960
- Autochtones -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Kolonialismus
- Kongo (Demokratische Republik)
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Rassenbeziehung
- Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Travail forcé -- Congo (République démocratique) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Zwangsarbeit
- Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century
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