King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / Adam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver.
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- Story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa [Portion of title]
- Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
- Leopold II, kung av Belgien, 1835-1909
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
- Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century
- Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century
- Tvångsarbete -- historia
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Kongo (Kinshasa)
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Reprint. Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-364) and index.
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.
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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