{"product_id":"lord-leverhulmes-ghosts-isbn-9781784786311","title":"Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme’s rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, \u003ci\u003eLord Leverhulme’s Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.“His capacious narrative is both disturbing and fascinating.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead. Yet today not one person in a thousand could say what the fuss was all about, unless, of course, they have already read this amazing book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Tariq Ali, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A brilliantly told tale, at once horrifying and pleasurable to read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “No other scholar, looking at any other part of Africa, has studied colonial forced labour as thoroughly as Marchal has in the Congo.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Adam Hochschild, from the introduction\u003c\/b\u003eA former diplomat in the Belgian Congo, \u003cb\u003eJules Marchal\u003c\/b\u003e (1924–2004) spent twenty years researching forced labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Hochschild\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eKing Leopold’s Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBury the Chains\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, and writes for, among other journals, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304895631589,"sku":"NP9781784786311","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781784786311.jpg?v=1767731747","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lord-leverhulmes-ghosts-isbn-9781784786311","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}