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000718099 1001_ $$aVan Reybrouck, David,$$eauthor.
000718099 24010 $$aCongo.$$lEnglish.
000718099 24510 $$aCongo :$$bthe epic history of a people /$$cDavid van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
000718099 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000718099 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$$c[2014]
000718099 264_4 $$c©2014
000718099 300__ $$ax, 639 pages :$$bmaps ;$$c24 cm
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000718099 500__ $$aTranslation of: Congo : een geschiedenis.
000718099 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 597-618) and index.
000718099 50500 $$tNew spirits : Central Africa draws the attention of East and West, 1870-1885 --$$t"Diabolical filth" : Congo under Leopold II, 1885-1908 --$$gThe$$tBelgians set us free : the early years of the colonial regime, 1908-1921 --$$tIn the stranglehold of fear : growing unrest and mutual suspicion in peacetime, 1921-1940 --$$gThe$$tred hour of the kickoff : the war and the deceptive calm that followed, 1940-1955 --$$tSoon to be ours : a belated decolonization, a sudden independence, 1955-1960 --$$gA$$tThursday in June --$$gThe$$tstruggle for the throne : the turbulent years of the First Republic, 1960-1965 --$$gThe$$telectric years : Mobutu gets down to business, 1965-1975 --$$tToujours servir : a marshal's madness, 1975-1990 --$$gThe$$tdeath throes : democratic opposition and military confrontation, 1990-1997 --$$tCompassion, what is that? : the great war of Africa, 1997-2002 --$$gLa$$tbière et la prière (Suds and sanctity) : new players in a wasted land, 2002-2006 --$$gThe$$trecess : hope and despair in a newborn democracy, 2006-2010 --$$tWWW.com.
000718099 520__ $$aVan Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.
000718099 651_0 $$aCongo (Democratic Republic)$$xHistory.
000718099 7001_ $$aGarrett, Sam,$$etranslator.
000718099 85200 $$bgen$$hDT652$$i.R4913$$i2014
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