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035			_a(Sirsi) i9780062200112
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019			_a869801850 _a875031432
020			_a0062200119 (hardcover)
020			_a9780062200112 (hardcover)
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050	1	4	_aDT 652 _b.R4913 2014
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100	1		_aVan Reybrouck, David _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aCongo. _lEnglish.
245	1	0	_aCongo : _bthe epic history of a people / _cDavid van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2014]
264		4	_c2014
300			_ax, 639 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_acartographic image _bcri _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aTranslation of: Congo : een geschiedenis.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 597-618) and index.
505	0	0	_tNew spirits : Central Africa draws the attention of East and West, 1870-1885 -- _t"Diabolical filth" : Congo under Leopold II, 1885-1908 -- _gThe _tBelgians set us free : the early years of the colonial regime, 1908-1921 -- _tIn the stranglehold of fear : growing unrest and mutual suspicion in peacetime, 1921-1940 -- _gThe _tred hour of the kickoff : the war and the deceptive calm that followed, 1940-1955 -- _tSoon to be ours : a belated decolonization, a sudden independence, 1955-1960 -- _gA _tThursday in June -- _gThe _tstruggle for the throne : the turbulent years of the First Republic, 1960-1965 -- _gThe _telectric years : Mobutu gets down to business, 1965-1975 -- _tToujours servir : a marshal's madness, 1975-1990 -- _gThe _tdeath throes : democratic opposition and military confrontation, 1990-1997 -- _tCompassion, what is that? : the great war of Africa, 1997-2002 -- _gLa _tbi�ere et la pri�ere (Suds and sanctity) : new players in a wasted land, 2002-2006 -- _gThe _trecess : hope and despair in a newborn democracy, 2006-2010 -- _tWWW. com.
520			_aVan Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.
651		0	_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory.
700	1		_aGarrett, Sam, _etranslator.
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