10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «CONGO FREE STATE»
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European Atrocity, African Catastrophe: Leopold II, the ...
This book describes the creation, the development and the collapse both of this regime and of the Belgian colony that replaced it.
2
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism ...
Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent.
3
The story of the
Congo Free State: social, political, and ...
Congo Free State — Continued value generally recognised, 447 ; replies to Lord
Lansdowne's dispatch of August 8, 1903, 458; reception of reply by British press,
460; instructions respecting officials and natives, 569; text of reply to British ...
Henry Wellington Wack, 1905
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The Truth on the
Congo Free State
Mr. Savage Landor has occasion to state that the natives, far from dreading the
Congo regime, choose it freely, and prefer it to others. (P. 64.) (< The Mbomu
river, he says, formed the boundary between the Congo Free State and the
French ...
5
From the
Congo Free State to Zaire: How Belgium Privatized ...
Tapping many and varied sources, this book challenges dominant historiographical assumptions and practice while analysing the past and present impact of Belgian joint stock companies on the Zairean economy.
6
Imperial Medicine and Indigenous Societies
Following the British discovery in 1901 of a major sleeping sickness epidemic in
Uganda, King Leopold of Belgium invited the recently established Liverpool
School of Tropical Medicine to examine his Congo Free State. Alarmed at the
high ...
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Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and ...
This territory will eventually form the so-called Congo Free State,literally owned
and controlled personally by Leopold II. 1885 Leopold II establishes the Force
Publique (FP),a corps of Congolese troops led by European officers and given
the ...
Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg, 2003
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Bradt
Congo: Democratic Republic - Republic
everything that had been said by Casement and Morel, Williams and Sheppard,
and countless others who had travelled to the Congo Free State over the
previous 15 years. As this report became public and the Belgians' opinion of their
king ...
The resulting 150-page report confirmed everything that had been said by
Casement and Morel, Williams and Sheppard, and countless others who had
travelled to the Congo Free State over the previous 15 years. As this report
became public ...
Table 4.1: Congo Free State Ivory Exports, 1888-1892 Year Value (1000 Belgian
francs) % exports Weight (kilos) 1888 1,096 42 5,824 1889 2,270 52 45,252
1890 4,669 56 76,448 1891 2,835 53 59,686 1892 3,730 67 118,739 SOURCE: ...
10 NOTIZIE DOVE SI INCLUDE IL TERMINE «CONGO FREE STATE»
Vedi di che si parla nei media nazionali e internazionali e come viene utilizzato il termine ino
Congo Free State nel contesto delle seguenti notizie.
What's missing from celebrity activism in Africa? The people
... of the Congo Free State. They did so with the help of notable friends: Arthur Conan Doyle, William Cadbury and Joseph Conrad. In the 1930s ... «The Conversation UK, lug 15»
Belgium's Loss, Richmond's Gain: Virginia Union's Friendship Building
... its indigenous people, Belgium's King Leopold II privately took over a swath of central Africa in 1885, which he named the Congo Free State. «RVANews, lug 15»
TODAY'S EDITORIAL COMMENT: DRC, 55yrs of exploitation, abuse …
... get the territory which Stanley had “contracted” to be recognised in the minutes as the Congo Free State, the personal property of Leopold II. «postzambia.com, giu 15»
Japan's colonial rule of Korea was 'moderate'
Among them, Belgium's forced labor in the Congo Free State (1885-1908), which Joseph Conrad memorably depicted in “Heart of Darkness” ... «The Japan Times, giu 15»
Britain Protests Congo Atrocities
On 29th June, 1903, the British government lodged a protest against abuses taking place in the Congo Free State run by the Belgian King ... «New Historian, giu 15»
Ethical trade is not new to co-operatives … it's been a century-long …
The so-called 'Congo Free State' enslaved millions and mutilated its inhabitants. Communities were ordered to bring ivory, rubber, and palm oil ... «Co-operative News, giu 15»
The diminutive African tribesman who was treated like a zoo animal
At 4 feet 11 inches and approximately 103 pounds, Benga was a native of what was then known as the Congo Free State. For the next three ... «Washington Post, giu 15»
The man who was caged in a zoo
Verner added that he was a personal friend of the Belgian king, Leopold II, who controlled Congo Free State, and had promised any assistance ... «The Guardian, giu 15»
Tracking nonprofit news worldwide
He supervised the shipments sailing back and forth between Belgium and the Congo Free State, then a huge colony ruled by Belgium's King ... «Investigate reporting workshop, mag 15»
Venice Biennale Power Brokers: Katerina Gregos, Curator of the …
... just before King Leopold ii turned over the Congo Free State to Belgium — artworks tap into largely unknown “micro-histories” of art, music, ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, apr 15»
