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King Leopold's ghost a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa /
Chronicles the life of King Leopold II of Belgium and discusses how he plundered the Congo, how his people tried to overthrow him, and other related topics.
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2020.
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| Edition: | Second Mariner Books edition. |
| Physical Description: |
xiii, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a King Leopold's ghost : |b a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / |c Adam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver. |
| 250 | |a Second Mariner Books edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Boston : |b Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, |c 2020. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©1998. | |
| 264 | 4 | |3 foreword, afterword |c ©2020. | |
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| 500 | |a Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-364) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Chronicles the life of King Leopold II of Belgium and discusses how he plundered the Congo, how his people tried to overthrow him, and other related topics. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: "The traders area kidnapping our people" -- Part I: Walking into fire. "I shall not give up the chase" ; The fox crosses the stream ; 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 -- Part II: 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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