King Leopold's Ghost

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Properties (46)
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gptkbp:instanceOf book
gptkbp:adaptation documentary film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Adam_Hochschild
gptkbp:awards Notable_Book_of_the_Year
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:focus colonialism
gptkbp:genre non-fiction
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:King_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkb:Roger_Casement
gptkb:Joseph_Conrad
gptkb:E.D._Morel
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Congo_Free_State_atrocities
gptkb:Congo_Reform_Association
moral responsibility
public awareness campaigns
historical memory
cultural memory
human rights advocacy
political implications
post-colonial studies
artistic representations
international outrage
educational impact
scholarly debates
cultural critiques
legacy of colonialism
Berlin Conference of 1884-85
literary responses
humanitarian campaigns
death toll estimates
rubber trade exploitation
Congo_River_exploration
impact_on_modern_Congo
scramble_for_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Leopold's Ghost
gptkbp:impact awareness of human rights abuses
gptkbp:influence historical scholarship
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0618001903
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableFor critique of King Leopold II
gptkbp:pageCount 384
gptkbp:publishedBy 1998
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Congo_Free_State
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:theme exploitation