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Selling the Congo : a History of European Pro-Empire Propaganda and the Making of Belgian Imperialism.

Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stanard, Matthew G.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2012.
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Résumé:Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908-60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, B.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (404 pages)
ISBN:9780803239883
0803239882