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

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"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...

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Antislavery movements History

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Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government 1885-1908

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Congo (Democratic Republic) Race relations History 20th century

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Forced labor Congo (Democratic Republic) History 20th century

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Human rights movements History 20th century

Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909

Morel, E. D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924

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ISBN:

9780358212508 (trade paperback)
9780358212508

Edition:

Second Mariner Books edition

Description:

xiii, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:

"A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist; a New York Times Notable Book"--Back cover
Originally published in 1998
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-364) and index

Control Number:

3367087

Other Authors:

Kingsolver, Barbara, writer of foreword

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