Book Review King Leopold S Ghost

King lepold s ghost by adam hochschild.

Book review king leopold s ghost. Henry stanley a known advocate of african colonization wrote a general account of the african life. Posted on september 28 2017 by tietsu. As a result leopold acted as a kind of venture capitalist leasing out his property to private companies.

Hochschild s short book is simply one of the most powerful indictments of mass murder ever written as well as a testament to how much influence even a single person acting. What s not to love. King leopold s ghost book review.

Exactly what i needed. King leopold s ghost by adam hochschild. More specifically it is about king leopold ii and his practices with and within the congo.

Maybe i m just cheap maybe i. Adam hochschild s king leopold s ghost is a gripping account of a murder mystery a mystery made all the more horrific because it involves an estimated 10 million victims. And king leopold s ghost is a model account both of that great public movement and of the frenzy of killing and profiteering that gave rise to it jeremy harding the new york times book review adam hochschild writes a compelling narrative in lucid prose one that chronicles a conveniently forgotten atrocity that stains the pages of world.

King leopold wasn t the main european colonialist to misuse the assets and individuals of another nation. I don t demand much from my nonfiction. King leopold s ghost by adam hochschild book summary review written by savaş ateş in history.

Not sure what i d do without kibin alfredo alvarez student miami university. The story in king leopold s ghost is a powerful one colonization taken to its extreme but the book is rendered mediocre by the author s trite moralizing lack of historical rigor and tiresome reliance on depicting every actor with either a halo or horns. If you re teaching me something and can convey it even in a lightly poetic prose then i m going to love you.