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Hochschild, Adam.
King Leopold's ghost :
a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa /
Adam Hochschild ; foreword by Barbara Kingsolver.
Second Mariner Books edition.
©1998.
Boston, MA :
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2020.
xiii, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :
illustrations, map ;
21 cm.
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Reprint. Originally published in Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-364) and index.
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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Léopold
II
King of the Belgians
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.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Politics and government
1885-1908.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Race relations
History
19th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Race relations
History
20th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic.)
Kingsolver, Barbara,
author of foreword.
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