This is a non-fiction exposé of Belgian crimes and atrocities in the Congo, written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
From the preface: "Never before has there been such a mixture of wholesale expropriation and wholesale massacre all done under an odious guise of philanthropy and with the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is this sordid case and the unctuous hypocrisy which makes this crime unparalleled in its horror."
A damning indictment of European colonial policy by one of Edwardian England's greatest writers.
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From the preface: "Never before has there been such a mixture of wholesale expropriation and wholesale massacre all done under an odious guise of philanthropy and with the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is this sordid case and the unctuous hypocrisy which makes this crime unparalleled in its horror."
A damning indictment of European colonial policy by one of Edwardian England's greatest writers.
The Crime of the Congo
This is a non-fiction exposé of Belgian crimes and atrocities in the Congo, written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
From the preface: "Never before has there been such a mixture of wholesale expropriation and wholesale massacre all done under an odious guise of philanthropy and with the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is this sordid case and the unctuous hypocrisy which makes this crime unparalleled in its horror."
A damning indictment of European colonial policy by one of Edwardian England's greatest writers.
From the preface: "Never before has there been such a mixture of wholesale expropriation and wholesale massacre all done under an odious guise of philanthropy and with the lowest commercial motives as a reason. It is this sordid case and the unctuous hypocrisy which makes this crime unparalleled in its horror."
A damning indictment of European colonial policy by one of Edwardian England's greatest writers.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781410213600 |
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Publisher: | University Press of the Pacific |
Publication date: | 06/08/2004 |
Pages: | 144 |
Product dimensions: | 6.46(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.51(d) |
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