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King Leopold's ghost a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
por Adam Hochschild
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Brochura
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- ISBN 10
- 0618001905
- ISBN 13
- 9780618001903
- Livreiro
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
Text is clean and unmarked in bright, intact, and square covers. Covers are without chips, tears, or creases. Spine is not creased. Top outside corners of the first two pages have been cut off. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the title page. Photo section is included. From the back cover, "At the turn of the century, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium carried out a brutal pundering of the territory surrounding the Congo River. Ultimately slashing the areas population by ten million, he still managed to shrewdly cultivate his reputation as a great humanitarian. A tale far richer than any novelist could invent, 'King Leoplod's Ghost' is the horrifying account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proprtions.:
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- Livreiro
- Grampy's Bookcase
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- bc1504082
- Título
- King Leopold's ghost a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
- Autor
- Adam Hochschild
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Brochura
- ISBN 10
- 0618001905
- ISBN 13
- 9780618001903
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Local de publicação
- Boston
- Data de publicação
- 1998
- Páginas
- 366
- LCCN
- 98016813
- Palavras-chave
- Belgian Congo - History
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