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The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914

  • Lewis Henry Gann and Lewis H. Gann
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015
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In this comprehensive picture of Belgian colonialism in the Congo, Lewis Gann and Peter Duignan trace the formation of the colonial state that became Zaire, considering it in the light of colonial experience in other African territories. Whereas most studies have focused on the conquest and subjugation of the African population, this study probes the colonial apparatus itself, investigating the attitudes and behavior of the civil servants and soldiers who built the empire.

Originally published in 1979.

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    Figures

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    Tables

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    PREFACE

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    Abbreviations

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    ONE. BELGIUM: THE METROPOLE

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    TWO. THE FORCE PUBLIQUE

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    THREE. THE BEGINNINGS OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATION

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    FOUR. THE ECONOMICS OF COERCION

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    FIVE. THE REPRISE

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    SIX. BELGIAN SOVEREIGNTY

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    SEVEN. CONCLUSION

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    NOTES

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    INDEX

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9781400869091
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400869091
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Keywords for this book
Belgians; Force Publique; Congo Free State; Belgian colonial empire; Leopold II of Belgium; Belgian Congo; Belgian nobility; British South Africa Company; Central Africa; Economics; German East Africa; German colonial empire; Union Minière du Haut Katanga; Ivory trade; Colonialism; French Congo; Tropical Africa; Colonial empire; British West Africa; Msiri; Scramble for Africa; Baron Empain; Empire-building; Colonial war; Congo Basin; Imperialism; Henry Shelton Sanford; East African Campaign (World War II); Wallonia; Nyangwe; Franco-Prussian War; Lemaire; Gustav Nachtigal; Tanganyika (territory); Ernest Solvay; Lake Albert (Uganda); Kinshasa; Tutsi; World War I; Slavery; Charles Tombeur; E. D. Morel; Africa; Operation Barbarossa; Charles George Gordon; East Africa; Rhodesia; Austro-Hungarian Army; Garde Civique; British Empire; Politique; State capitalism; Uganda; Boxer Rebellion; Sierra Leone; Tippu Tip; Bantu peoples; Southern Rhodesia; Lake Tanganyika; Kivu; Abolitionism; Zambia; Nyasaland; Colonial Service; Colonial Office; Sudan; Colonization; Wealth; Henry Morton Stanley; Cecil Rhodes
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