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Benoît Henriet

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Colonial Impotence

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© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Table of figures ix
Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” 1
Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave 28
Chapter 2: Impotent agents 47
Chapter 3: Ordering and evading 71
Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness 95
Chapter 5: The concession embodied 120
Chapter 6: A war against nature 146
Conclusion: The concession experience 169
Bibliography 178
Index 189

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110652734-010

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Table of figures ix
Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” 1
Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave 28
Chapter 2: Impotent agents 47
Chapter 3: Ordering and evading 71
Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness 95
Chapter 5: The concession embodied 120
Chapter 6: A war against nature 146
Conclusion: The concession experience 169
Bibliography 178
Index 189

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