King Leopold's ghost: a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa

Author: Hochschild, Adam

Title: King Leopold’s ghost: a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Description: 366 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 338-350

Subject(s):

• Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
• Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
• Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 19th century
• Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
• Human rights movements -- History -- 19th century
• Human rights movements -- History -- 20th century
• Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1885-1908
• Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government
• Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
• Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Leusmann, Harald. "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa." Conradiana 33.2 (Summer 2001): 164
• BENDER, TODD K. "King Leopold's Ghost." CLIO 29.4 (Summer 2000): 441
• Hamilton, Richard F. "A Neglected Holocaust." Human Rights Review 1.3 (April-June 2000): 119

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