The killer trail : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa / Bertrand Taithe.
2009
DT352.7 .T35 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The killer trail : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa / Bertrand Taithe.
Author
ISBN
9780199231218 (alk. paper)
0199231214 (alk. paper)
0199231214 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Call Number
DT352.7 .T35 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
937.03/1
967.0312
967.0312
Summary
The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-9, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of European colonial brutality at its most extreme.
Note
The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-9, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of European colonial brutality at its most extreme.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Dying for French Soudan
Civilization and Africa
Privateering for France
Officers and gentlemen?
Slaving and African warfare
Conspiracy theories and scandals
From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt
Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators?
Civilization and Africa
Privateering for France
Officers and gentlemen?
Slaving and African warfare
Conspiracy theories and scandals
From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt
Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators?