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 to Eur...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | v, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-522) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465028634 0465028632 |
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