Land of tears: the exploration and exploitation of equatorial Africa

"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 t...

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1. Verfasser: Harms, Robert W. 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Basic Books December 2019
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:v, 537 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portrait 25 cm
ISBN:9780465028634

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