Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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King Leopold's Ghost
Author: Adam Hochschild
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1760785202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
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. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also 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.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1760785202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
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. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also 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.
A Source Book for Mediæval History
Author: Oliver J. Thatcher
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.
The City Record
Author: New York (N.Y.)
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Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
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Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
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Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
Author:
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 2624
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 2624
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The Colonial Office List for ...
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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A Bibliography of Royal Proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart Sovereigns and of Others Published Under Authority, 1485-1714: England and Wales
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
Publisher:
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Publisher:
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania
Author: John Woolf Jordan
Publisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Publisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer's Monthly Journal
Author:
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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Publisher:
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Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1234
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The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book for ...
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher:
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service, British
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, British
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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