Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a Congolese concession (1911-1940) /

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&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henriet, Benoît (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2021]
Series:Africa in global history ; volume 3.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Logging > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 20th century.
Logging > Corrupt practices > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 20th century.
Palm oil industry > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 20th century.
Forêts > Exploitation > Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Forêts > Exploitation > Pratiques déloyales > Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Huile de palme > Industrie > Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Colonial influence
Logging
Palm oil industry
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 1908-1960.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Colonial influence.
Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 1908-1960.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Capitalism.
Colonialism.
Palm oil.
Unilever.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Table of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: "Congo Atrocities!!!"
  • Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave
  • Chapter 2: Impotent agents
  • Chapter 3: Ordering and evading
  • Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness
  • Chapter 5: The concession embodied
  • Chapter 6: A war against nature
  • Conclusion: The concession experience
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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