Bibliograph

Land of tears, the exploration and exploitation of equatorial Africa, Robert Harms

Type

Label

Land of tears, the exploration and exploitation of equatorial Africa, Robert Harms

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-522) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Land of tears

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1104908900

Responsibility statement

Robert Harms

Sub title

the exploration and exploitation of equatorial Africa

Summary

"In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the chaotic process by which the heart of Africa was utterly transformed in the nineteenth century and the rainforest of the Congo River basin became one of the most brutally exploited places on earth. Ranging from remote African villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut piano-key factories, Harms reveals how equatorial Africa became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within our global world"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Manyema -- Atlantic Coast -- Highway of Commerce -- Homeward Bound -- Torrent of Treaties -- Creating the Congos -- Rescuing Emin -- Things Fall Apart -- Concession Companies -- Red Rubber Scandals -- End of Red Rubber

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