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Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) / / Benoît Henriet



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Autore: Henriet Benoît Visualizza persona
Titolo: Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) / / Benoît Henriet Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2021
Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , [2021]
©2021
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XI, 191 p.)
Disciplina: 967.51024
Soggetto topico: Logging - Congo (Democratic Republic) - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Congo (Democratic Republic) History 1908-1960
Soggetto genere / forma: History
Soggetto non controllato: Capitalism
Colonialism
Palm oil
Unilever
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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" 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Colonial impotence  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-11-064909-8
3-11-065273-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910588781403321
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Serie: Africa in Global History