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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's ghost. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998 (OCoLC)607025246 Online version: Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's ghost. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998 (OCoLC)607857445 |
Named Person: | Léopold, King of the Belgians; E D Morel; Léopold, roi des Belges; Léopold, King of the Belgians |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Hochschild; Barbara Kingsolver |
ISBN: | 9780358212508 0358212502 |
OCLC Number: | 1105149367 |
Notes: | Reprint. Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. |
Description: | xiii, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Adam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver |
Abstract:
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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