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200 10$aColonial impotence $evirtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) /$fBenoi?t Henriet
210   $aBerlin/Boston$cDe Gruyter$d2021
210  1$aBoston, Massachusetts :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2021]
210  4$d©2021
215   $a1 online resource (XI, 191 p.)
225 0 $aAfrica in Global History ;$v3
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTable of figures -- $tAbbreviations -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction: ?Congo Atrocities!!!? -- $tChapter 1: The virtuous enclave -- $tChapter 2: Impotent agents -- $tChapter 3: Ordering and evading -- $tChapter 4: An indescribable ugliness -- $tChapter 5: The concession embodied -- $tChapter 6: A war against nature -- $tConclusion: The concession experience -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex
330   $aIn 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.
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