The killer trail : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa / / Bertrand Taithe
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| Autore: |
Taithe Bertrand
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| Titolo: |
The killer trail : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa / / Bertrand Taithe
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 937.03/1 |
| 967.0312 | |
| Soggetto topico: | French - Africa, Central - History - 19th century |
| Atrocities - Africa, Central - History - 19th century | |
| Scandals - France - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa, Central Colonization |
| Africa, Central Discovery and exploration French | |
| Africa, Central Race relations History 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2009. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Dying for French Soudan -- Civilization and Africa -- Privateering for France -- Officers and gentlemen? -- Slaving and African warfare -- Conspiracy theories and scandals -- From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt -- Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-9, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of European colonial brutality at its most extreme. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The killer trail |
| ISBN: | 1-383-03652-7 |
| 1-282-38339-6 | |
| 9786612383397 | |
| 0-19-157155-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816905503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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