Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts - Colonial Exploitation in the Congo (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2017
Authors:	Jules Marchal
Introduction by:	Adam Hochschild
Translators:	Martin Thom
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-78478-631-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-78478-631-4
Barcode:	9781784786311

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Wed, 26 Oct 2022 | Review by: dirk B.

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