Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) / / Benoît Henriet
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| Autore: |
Henriet Benoît
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| Titolo: |
Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) / / Benoît Henriet
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 3-11-064909-8 |
| 3-11-065273-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996475757203316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Africa in Global History