Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts
Colonial Exploitation in the Congo
Seiten
2017
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78478-631-1 (ISBN)
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78478-631-1 (ISBN)
The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild
In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme's rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo.
With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.
In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme's rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo.
With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.
A former diplomat in the Belgian Congo, Jules Marchal (1924-2004) spent twenty years researching forced labor. Adam Hochschild is the author of the award-winning "King Leopold's Ghost" and "Bury the Chains." He teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.01.2017 |
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Einführung | Adam Hochschild |
Übersetzer | Martin Thom |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 339 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78478-631-4 / 1784786314 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78478-631-1 / 9781784786311 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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