Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee. [Under Chairmanship of Mr. Charles Roberts]. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 6th. February, 1913
Title | Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee. [Under Chairmanship of Mr. Charles Roberts]. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 6th. February, 1913 PDF eBook |
Author | Putumayo Atrocities |
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Release | 1913 |
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Report and Special Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices [Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Charles Roberts.] Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 5th. June 1913
Title | Report and Special Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices [Under the Chairmanship of Mr. Charles Roberts.] Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 5th. June 1913 PDF eBook |
Author | Putumayo Atrocities |
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Release | 1913 |
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Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities Together with the Proceedings of the Committee
Title | Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities Together with the Proceedings of the Committee PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Putumayo |
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Pages | 772 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Indians of South America |
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Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee
Title | Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee PDF eBook |
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Release | 1913 |
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Special Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities
Title | Special Report from the Select Committee on Putumayo Atrocities PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
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Release | 1913 |
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Report from the Select Committe on the Putumayo Atrocities
Title | Report from the Select Committe on the Putumayo Atrocities PDF eBook |
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King Leopold's Ghost
Title | King Leopold's Ghost PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Hochschild |
Publisher | Picador |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1760785202 |
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.