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100 1 $aReybrouck, David van,$eauthor.
240 10 $aCongo.$lEnglish.
245 10 $aCongo :$bthe epic history of a people /$cDavid van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 639 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
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546 $aTranslation of: Congo : een geschiedenis. ©2010.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 561-618) and index.
520 $aVan Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.
505 00 $tNew spirits : Central Africa draws the attention of East and West, 1870-1885 --$t"Diabolical filth" : Congo under Leopold II, 1885-1908 --$tThe Belgians set us free : the early years of the colonial regime, 1908-1921 --$tIn the stranglehold of fear : growing unrest and mutual suspicion in peacetime, 1921-1940 --$tThe red hour of the kickoff : the war and the deceptive calm that followed, 1940-1955 --$tSoon to be ours : a belated decolonization, a sudden independence, 1955-1960 --$tA Thursday in June --$tThe struggle for the throne : the turbulent years of the First Republic, 1960-1965 --$tThe electric years : Mobutu gets down to business, 1965-1975 --$tToujours servir : a marshal's madness, 1975-1990 --$tThe death throes : democratic opposition and military confrontation, 1990-1997 --$tCompassion, what is that? : the great war of Africa, 1997-2002 --$tLa bière et la prière (Suds and sanctity) : new players in a wasted land, 2002-2006 --$tThe recess : hope and despair in a newborn democracy, 2006-2010 --$tWWW.com.
651 0 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xHistory.
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700 1 $aGarrett, Sam,$etranslator.
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