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_aHochschild, Adam, _eauthor. _94832 |
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_aKing Leopold's ghost : _ba story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / _cAdam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver |
246 | 3 | 0 | _aStory of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa |
250 | _aSecond Mariner Books edition | ||
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_aBoston : _bMariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, _c2020 |
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264 | 4 | _c©1998 | |
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_a379 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : _billustrations, map ; _c21 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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500 | _aReprint. Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 352-364) and index. | ||
520 | _aChronicles 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 | _aPrologue: "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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_aLéopold _bII, _cKing of the Belgians, _d1835-1909. _9113859 |
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_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xPolitics and government _y1885-1908. |
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_aForced labor _zCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aForced labor _zCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aIndigenous peoples _zCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aIndigenous peoples _zCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xRace relations _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xRace relations _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aHuman rights movements _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aHuman rights movements _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aKingsolver, Barbara, _ewrite of foreword. _929483 |
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