UID:
almafu_9960752623102883
Format:
1 online resource (XI, 191 p.)
ISBN:
9783110649093
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3110649098
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9783110652734
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3110652730
Series Statement:
Africa in Global History ; 3
Content:
In Colonial Impotence, Benoît Henriet studies the violent contradictions of colonial rule from the standpoint of the Leverville concession, Belgian Congo’s largest palm oil exploitation. Leverville was imagined as a benevolent tropical utopia, whose Congolese workers would be "civilized" through a paternalist machinery. However, the concession was marred by inefficiency, endemic corruption and intrinsic brutality. Colonial agents in the field could be seen as impotent, for they were both unable and unwilling to perform as expected. This book offers a new take on the joint experience of colonialism and capitalism in Southwest Congo, and sheds light on their impact on local environments, bodies, societies and cosmogonies.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Table of figures --
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Abbreviations --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” --
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Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave --
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Chapter 2: Impotent agents --
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Chapter 3: Ordering and evading --
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Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness --
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Chapter 5: The concession embodied --
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Chapter 6: A war against nature --
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Conclusion: The concession experience --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110648782
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110648784
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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History.
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History.
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History.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110652734
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