Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo - Couverture souple

Marchal, Jules

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784786314 ISBN 13 : 9781784786311

Editeur : Verso Books, 2017

Synopsis

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 labor, a program 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 labor 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 andurgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784786314
• ISBN 13: 9781784786311
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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