Memoirs of Leopold I. King of the Belgians ...
Author : Théodore Juste
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1868
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Author : Théodore Juste
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1868
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Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1760785202
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
Author : Nestor Considerant
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781289392932
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Author : Michael A. Rutz
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1624666582
"King Leopold of Belgium's exploits up the Congo River in the 1880s were central to the European partitioning of the African continent. The Congo Free State, Leopold's private colony, was a unique political construct that opened the door to the savage exploitation of the Congo's natural and human resources by international corporations. The resulting 'red rubber' scandal—which laid bare a fundamental contradiction between the European propagation of free labor and 'civilization' and colonial governments' acceptance of violence and coercion for productivity's sake—haunted all imperial powers in Africa. Featuring a clever introduction and judicious collection of documents, Michael Rutz's book neatly captures the drama of one king's quest to build an empire in Central Africa—a quest that began in the name of anti-slavery and free trade and ended in the brutal exploitation of human lives. This volume is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in the history of colonial rule in Africa." —Jelmer Vos, University of Glasgow
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 1868
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Author : Matthew Stanard
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9462701792
Thought-provoking reflection on culture, colonialism, and the remainders of empire in Belgium after 1960 The degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonisation. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes in the country’s colonial past. This volume examines the long-term effects and legacies of the colonial era on Belgium after 1960, the year the Congo gained its independence, and calls into question memories of the colonial past by focusing on the meaning and place of colonial monuments in public space. The book foregrounds the enduring presence of “empire” in everyday Belgian life in the form of permanent colonial markers in bronze and stone, lieux de mémoire of the country’s history of overseas expansion. By means of photographs and explanations of major pro-colonial memorials, as well as several obscure ones, the book reveals the surprising degree to which Belgium became infused with a colonialist spirit during the colonial era. Another key component of the analysis is an account of the varied ways in which both Dutch- and French-speaking Belgians approached the colonial past after 1960, treating memorials variously as objects of veneration, with indifference, or as symbols to be attacked or torn down. The book provides a thought-provoking reflection on culture, colonialism, and the remainders of empire in Belgium after 1960.
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Page : 962 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 1868
Category : Bibliography
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author : Théodore Juste
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Page : 332 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1868
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Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 1868
Category : English literature
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Page : 932 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1833
Category : England
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