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"Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half-century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908-60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, British, and other European overseas empires. Comparing Belgium to other imperial powers, the book finds that pro-empire propaganda was a basic part of European overseas expansion and administration during the modern period. Arguing against the long-held belief that Belgians were merely "reluctant imperialists," Stanard demonstrates that in fact many Belgians readily embraced imperialistic propaganda. Selling the Congo contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of twentieth-century propaganda by revealing its successes and failures in the Belgian case. Many readers familiar with more-popular histories of Belgian imperialism will find in this book a deeper examination of European involvement in central Africa during the colonial era"-- "Examination of pro-empire propaganda advanced by Belgium during its colonial rule of the Congo"--

Public opinion --- Propaganda, Belgian --- Opinion publique --- Propagande belge --- History --- Histoire --- Belgium --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Belgique --- Congo (République démocratique) --- Colonies --- Colonization. --- Colonisation --- Colonization --- Congo (République démocratique) --- Central. --- Western. --- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. --- Impérialisme --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. --- HISTORY / Africa / Central. --- HISTORY / Europe / Western. --- 967.5.03 --- 327.2 <4> --- 325.3 <493> --- Belgian propaganda --- Opinion, Public --- Imperialisme --- Geschiedenis van Zaïre (Kongo): Koloniale periode; Belgisch Kongo--(1884-1960) --- Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Europa --- Koloniale expansie. Koloniale politiek. Kolonialisme. Kolonisatie--België --- 327.2 <4> Imperialisme. Wereldrijken --(buitenlandse politiek)--Europa --- 967.5.03 Geschiedenis van Zaïre (Kongo): Koloniale periode; Belgisch Kongo--(1884-1960) --- 325.3 <493> Koloniale expansie. Koloniale politiek. Kolonialisme. Kolonisatie--België --- Political science --- Africa --- Europe --- HISTORY / Africa / Central --- HISTORY / Europe / Western --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism --- BPB1205 --- Colonialisme --- République démocratique du Congo --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- België --- Kolonialisme --- Democratische Republiek Congo --- History of Congo --- History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- Advertising. Public relations --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- anno 1900-1999 --- Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta --- Demokratická republika Kongo --- Демократска Република Конго --- Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik --- Demokratyczna Republika Konga --- Demokratična republika Kongo --- die Demokratische Republik Kongo --- Konžská demokratická republika --- Repubblica democratica del Congo --- Демократична република Конго --- Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo --- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság --- Congo, Republica Democratică --- Congo-Kinshasa --- República Democrática del Congo --- Demokratska Republika Kongo --- Den Demokratiske Republik Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Republika Demokratike e Kongos --- Kongo Demokratinė Respublika --- Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika --- Demokratiska republiken Kongo --- Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό --- Kongo Kinšasa --- Kongo DV --- Kongo (Leopoldville) --- Kongo (býv. Zair) --- Конго Слободна Држава --- Конго Киншаса --- Kinshasa Kongo --- Zair --- Zairas --- Ζαΐρ --- República Democrática do Congo --- Заир --- Κογκό Κινσάσα --- Beļģijas Kongo --- Kinshasa --- Congo Kinshasa --- Конго-Киншаса --- Zaire --- Zaïre --- Republica Congoleză --- Kongo (Kinshasa) --- ex Zaire --- Република Конго (Леополдвил) --- Белгиско Конго --- Zaira --- Kongo-Kinshasa --- Congo belgian --- Kongo Kinshasa --- Kinshasan Kongo --- Kinshasské Kongo --- Zairská republika --- imperializmas --- imperialismus --- империализъм --- Imperialismus --- imperializëm --- imperialismi --- ιμπεριαλισμός --- imperializmus --- imperiālisms --- империјализам --- imperialism --- imperialisme --- imperjaliżmu --- imperijalizam --- imperializm --- imperialismo --- imperializem --- hegemoonia --- hégémonie --- hegemoni --- ülevõim --- hegemony --- hegemonia mundial --- хегемонија --- ylivalta --- hegjemoni --- imperiální politika --- hegemónia --- overherredømme --- ηγεμονία --- Hegemonie --- hegemonija --- egemonia --- hegemonía --- hegemonie --- kolonializmus --- колониализъм --- kolonijalizam --- Kolonialismus --- kolonializmas --- kolonialism --- kolonjaliżmu --- kolonialismi --- колонијализам --- colonialismo --- kolonialisme --- kolonializm --- colonialism --- kolonializem --- αποικιοκρατία --- kolonialismus --- koloniālisms --- kolonializëm --- neocolonialism --- neokolonialisme --- uuskolonialism --- neokolonialismus --- neokolonializmus --- neocolonialismo --- uuskolonialismi --- неоколонијализам --- neo-colonialism --- neokoloniālisms --- nykolonialism --- néocolonialisme --- kolonizace --- gyarmatosítás --- gyarmati uralom --- koloniální závislost --- gyarmatosító politika --- колонијална зависност --- колонијална доминација --- νεοαποικιοκρατία --- neokolonializmas --- Neokolonialismus --- koloniální nadvláda --- neokolonijalizam --- колонизација --- neokolonializëm --- gyarmati rendszer --- Bélgica --- Belgija --- Belgien --- Belgie --- Belgicko --- Beļģija --- Белгија --- Belgio --- Белгия --- Belgia --- il-Belġju --- An Bheilg --- Βέλγιο --- Belgjika --- Belgia Kuningriik --- Beļģijas Karaliste --- Royaume de Belgique --- Belgian kuningaskunta --- Belgické kráľovstvo --- Koninkrijk België --- Belgijos Karalystė --- das Königreich Belgien --- Βασίλειο του Βελγίου --- Kingdom of Belgium --- Кралство Белгија --- Краљевина Белгија --- Belgické království --- Reino de Bélgica --- ir-Renju tal-Belġju --- Regatul Belgiei --- Kongeriget Belgien --- Кралство Белгия --- Mbretëria e Belgjikës --- Belga Királyság --- Królestwo Belgii --- Konungariket Belgien --- Reino da Bélgica --- Kraljevina Belgija --- Regno del Belgio --- Imperialism --- Colonies belges. --- History. --- Histoire. --- Congo (Kinshasa) --- Congo (Leopoldville) --- Congo DR --- Democratic Republic of Congo --- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo --- DR Congo --- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) --- DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) --- Kongo --- RD Congo --- R.D. 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The degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been for long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonisation. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes in the country's colonial past. This volume examines the long-term effects and legacies of the colonial era on Belgium after 1960, the year the Congo gained its independence, and calls into question memories of the colonial past by focusing on the meaning and place of colonial monuments in public space. The book foregrounds the enduring presence of 'empire' in everyday Belgian life in the form of permanent colonial markers in bronze and stone, lieux de mémoires of the country's history of overseas expansion. By means of photographs and explanations of major pro-colonial memorials, as well as several obscure ones, the book reveals the surprising degree to which Belgium became infused with a colonialist spirit during the colonial era. Another key component of the analysis is an account of the varied ways that both Dutch- and French-speaking Belgians approached the colonial past after 1960, treating memorials variously as objects of veneration, with indifference, or as symbols to be attacked or torn down. The book provides a thought-provoking reflection on culture, colonialism, and the remainders of empire in Belgium after 1960.

Belgium --- History. --- Monuments - Belgium - Public opinion --- Memorials - Belgium - Public opinion --- Public opinion - Belgium - History - 20th century --- Opinion publique --- Mémoire --- Monument historique --- Mémorial --- Histoire --- Colonie --- Belgique --- Belgium - Colonies - Public opinion - History - 20th century --- Monuments --- Memorials --- Public opinion --- Public opinion. --- History --- 1900-1999 --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Commemorations --- Historic sites --- Memorialization --- Historical monuments --- Architecture --- Sculpture --- Public sculpture --- Statues --- colonialism --- memory --- culture and empire --- monuments --- the Belgian Congo --- Walloon identity --- Belgian history and culture --- postcolonialism --- Flemish identity

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This engaging and humanizing text traces the development of Europe since the mid-eighteenth century through the lives of people of the time. Capturing key moments, themes, and events in the continent's turbulent modern past, the book explores how ordinary Europeans both shaped their societies and were affected by larger historical processes. By focusing on the lives of individual actors, both famous and obscure, students can gain a sense for how the well-known revolutions, wars, and social transformations of the modern era were experienced in private homes, work places, political forums, and o

Europe --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Civilization.