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Colonialism tends to arouse emotional debate, often based on incomplete knowledge of the facts and context. Colonial Congo fills this gap by introducing the general reader to the latest academic thinking and research. Answering concrete questions, pre-eminent historians offer a unique insight into the history of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo.How did Leopold II’s autocratic government function and what do we know about the victims of his rule? How much profit was made in the Congo and who benefitted the most? What was life like for Congolese men and women during colonial rule and how did they feel about it? Did the Congolese offer resistance, and in what ways? What was colonialism’s impact on Congo’s natural world? How did colonial policy affect infrastructure, education, healthcare and science? Did missionaries give colonialism a more human face? Colonial Congo’s explorations of these issues and more are revealed in this eye-opening, indispensable guide.

African history. --- Afrikanische Geschichte. --- Colonialism & imperialism. --- General & world history. --- Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte. --- HISTORY / Africa / Central. --- HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. --- Kolonialismus und Imperialismus. --- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. --- National liberation & independence, post-colonialism. --- POL045000. --- Central Africa. --- Zentralafrika. --- African history --- Afrikanische Geschichte --- Colonialism & imperialism --- General & world history --- Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte --- HISTORY / Africa / Central --- HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century --- Kolonialismus und Imperialismus --- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 --- National liberation & independence, post-colonialism --- POL045000 --- Aufsatzsammlung --- Central Africa --- Zentralafrika --- History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- History of Congo --- anno 1800-1999 --- Colonialisme --- Histoire --- Congo belge --- État indépendant du Congo --- Congo

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Both Britain and the United States have had a long history of harbouring foreign political exiles, who often set up periodicals which significantly contributed to community-building and political debates. However, this varied and complex journalism has received little attention to date, particularly regarding the languages in which it was produced. This wide-ranging edited volume brings together for the first time interdisciplinary case studies of the exile foreign-language press (in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Flemish, Polish, among other languages) across Britain and the US, establishing a useful comparative framework to explore how periodicals tackled key political, linguistic and literary issues from the 19th century to the present day.Building on the existing literature on the exile foreign-language press in the United States and developing the study of this phenomenon in the British context, Immigration and Exile Foreign-Language Press in the UK and in the US offers fresh perspectives into how these marginalised periodicals influenced the political, economic and social contexts that brought them into existence.This is a major contribution to the burgeoning field of transnational periodicals and will be of interest to anyone studying the history of the Anglo-American press, the history of immigration and cultural history.

20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. --- General & world history. --- Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte. --- HISTORY / World. --- International relations. --- Internationale Beziehungen. --- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. --- POL058000. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. --- USA. --- United Kingdom, Great Britain. --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA. --- Vereinigtes Königreich, Gro�britannien.