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035 _a(OCoLC)1105149367
092 _a967.5102
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aHochschild, Adam,
_eauthor.
_94832
245 1 0 _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
264 1 _aBoston :
_bMariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
_c2020
264 4 _c©1998
300 _a379 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :
_billustrations, map ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
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.
600 0 0 _aLéopold
_bII,
_cKing of the Belgians,
_d1835-1909.
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651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xPolitics and government
_y1885-1908.
650 0 _aForced labor
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aForced labor
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIndigenous peoples
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aIndigenous peoples
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aHuman rights movements
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aHuman rights movements
_xHistory
_y20th century.
700 1 _aKingsolver, Barbara,
_ewrite of foreword.
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