King Leopold S Congo And The Scramble For Africa
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King Leopold S Congo And The Scramble For Africa
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Author : Michael A. Rutz
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-01
King Leopold S Congo And The Scramble For Africa written by Michael A. Rutz and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with History categories.
"King Leopold of Belgium's exploits up the Congo River in the 1880s were central to the European partitioning of the African continent. The Congo Free State, Leopold's private colony, was a unique political construct that opened the door to the savage exploitation of the Congo's natural and human resources by international corporations. The resulting 'red rubber' scandal—which laid bare a fundamental contradiction between the European propagation of free labor and 'civilization' and colonial governments' acceptance of violence and coercion for productivity's sake—haunted all imperial powers in Africa. Featuring a clever introduction and judicious collection of documents, Michael Rutz's book neatly captures the drama of one king's quest to build an empire in Central Africa—a quest that began in the name of anti-slavery and free trade and ended in the brutal exploitation of human lives. This volume is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in the history of colonial rule in Africa." —Jelmer Vos, University of Glasgow
King Leopold S Ghost
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Author : Adam Hochschild
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2019-05-02
King Leopold S Ghost written by Adam Hochschild and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with History categories.
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver. In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. King Leopold's Ghost is the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity. 'All the tension and drama that one would expect in a good novel' - Robert Harris, author of Fatherland
King Leopold S Rule In Africa
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Author : Edmund Dene Morel
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1970
King Leopold S Rule In Africa written by Edmund Dene Morel and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Congo (Democratic Republic) categories.
King Leopold S Congo
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Author : Ruth M. Slade
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1974
King Leopold S Congo written by Ruth M. Slade and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
The Scramble For Africa
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Author : Thomas Pakenham
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-09-24
The Scramble For Africa written by Thomas Pakenham and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with History categories.
In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest - 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects - had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civilization' and Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history.
Sweden Norway At The Berlin Conference 1884 85 History National Identity Making And Sweden S Relations With Africa
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Author : David Nilsson
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 2013-09
Sweden Norway At The Berlin Conference 1884 85 History National Identity Making And Sweden S Relations With Africa written by David Nilsson and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with History categories.
"The image of Sweden is one of a small, democratic and peace-loving country without the moral burden of a colonial past. However, in this Current African Issues publication, the notion that Sweden lacks a colonial past in Africa is brought into question. At the Berlin Conference 1884-85, the rules for colonisation of Africa were agreed upon among a handful of white men. With the blessing of King Oscar II, the united kingdoms of Sweden-Norway participated in the Berlin conference, ratified the resulting convention and signed a trade agreement with King Leopold's International Congo Association. Thereafter, hundreds of Swedish militaries, seamen and missionaries took an active part in the brutal colonial project in the Congo. What was Sweden-Norway really doing at the Berlin Conference and in the ensuing Scramble for Africa ? Is it now time to re-assess Swedish identity in relation to Africa, an identity so far centered on colonial innocence ? Dr DAVID NILSSON is a researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His research focuses on global long term perspectives on sustainable development in Africa." -- Abstract.
The Story Of The Congo Free State
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Author : Henry Wellington Wack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Story Of The Congo Free State written by Henry Wellington Wack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Congo (Democratic Republic) categories.
King Leopold Ii His Rule In Belgium And The Congo
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Author : John de Courcy MacDonnell
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1969
King Leopold Ii His Rule In Belgium And The Congo written by John de Courcy MacDonnell and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Belgium categories.
Land Of Tears
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Author : Robert Harms
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-12-03
Land Of Tears written by Robert Harms and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with History categories.
A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa In just three decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the heart of Africa was utterly transformed. Virtually closed to outsiders for centuries, by the early 1900s the rainforest of the Congo River basin was one of the most brutally exploited places on earth. In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the chaotic process by which this happened. Beginning in the 1870s, traders, explorers, and empire builders from Arabia, Europe, and America moved rapidly into the region, where they pioneered a deadly trade in ivory and rubber for Western markets and in enslaved labor for the Indian Ocean rim. Imperial conquest followed close behind. Ranging from remote African villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut piano-key factories, Land of Tears reveals how equatorial Africa became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within our global world.
The Scramble For Africa 1876 1912
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Author : Thomas Pakenham
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2001
The Scramble For Africa 1876 1912 written by Thomas Pakenham and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Africa categories.
The Scramble for Africa astonished everyone.In 1880 most of the continent was ruled by Africans, and barely explored. By 1902, five European Powers (and one extraordinary individual) had grabbed almost the whole continent, giving themselves 30 new colonies and protectorates and 10 million square miles of new territory, and 110 million bewildered new subjects.Thomas Pakenham's story of the conquest of Africa is recognised as one of the finest narrative histories of the last few decades. We are given arresting vignettes of the main players. Lord Derby, protesting at 'this absurd scramble'; the Belgian Emperor King Leopold II grabbing and ruthlessly exploiting the rubber deposits in the Congo; and Prince Otto von Bismarck casually munching on prawns at the Congress of Berlin while determining the fate of millions.