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King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa / Adam Hochschild.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780618001903 (pbk)
- ISBN: 0395759242
- ISBN: 0618001905 (pbk)
- Physical Description: 366 p. : ill., map ; cm.
- Publisher: New York : Houghton Mifflin, c1999.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-350) and index |
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- 8 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | ANF 967.51 HOC (Text) | 35101000518287 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ BookSmack
Hochschild is another historian with a gift of writing gripping narrative-based books filled with rich characterization and world-building detail. Here, he examines the atrocities committed from 1885 through the early 1900s by Leopold II, King of Belgium. Leopold ravaged the Congo, seizing property, enslaving and murdering the native population, and stripping the land of its wealth. Standing against Leopold, at first as a sole figure, and later joined by the persuasive voices of Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad, was Edmund Morel. Morel discovered Leopold's crimes and began an international campaign to stop them. Hochschild's engrossing history, while darker than much of McCullough's work, should please readers who like their history big, meaty, and meaningful. - Neal Wyatt, "RA Crossroads", Booksmack! 7/7/11 (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
