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The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914
By (Author) Lewis H. Gann
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political ideologies and movements
320.96751
Hardback
284
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
567g
In this comprehensive picture of Belgian colonialism in the Congo, Lewis Gann and Peter Duignan trace the formation of the colonial state that became Zaire, considering it in the light of colonial experience in other African territories. Whereas most studies have focused on the conquest and subjugation of the African population, this study probes t