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"As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the area's population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopold's Ghost is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who defied Leopold: African rebel leaders who fought against hopeless odds and a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure but unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust and participants in the twentieth century's first great human rights movement.
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
"As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
In the late nineteenth century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal plundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the area's population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, King Leopold's Ghost is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who defied Leopold: African rebel leaders who fought against hopeless odds and a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure but unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust and participants in the twentieth century's first great human rights movement.
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books. King Leopold's Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 416 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780358212508 |
| ISBN-10: | 0358212502 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hochschild, Adam |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
| Maße: | 196 x 137 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Adam Hochschild |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,324 kg |
ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books. King Leopold's Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 416 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780358212508 |
| ISBN-10: | 0358212502 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hochschild, Adam |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
| Maße: | 196 x 137 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Adam Hochschild |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,324 kg |
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