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050		4	_aDT652 _b.R48 2014
050		4	_aDT652 _b.R48 2014
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100	1		_aReybrouck, David van,
245	1	0	_aCongo : _bthe epic history of a people / _cDavid van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2014]
300			_ax, 639 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [561]-618) and index.
505	0	0	_tNew spirits : Central Africa draws the attention of East and West : 1870-1885 -- _tDiabolical filth : Congo under Leopold : 1885-1908 -- _tThe Belgians set us free : the early years of the Colonial Regime : 1908-1921 -- _tIn the stranglehold of fear : growing unrest and mutual suspicion in peacetime : 1921-1940 -- _tThe red hour of the kickoff : the war and the deceptive calm that followed : 1940-1955 -- _tSoon to be ours : a belated decolonization, a sudden independence : 1955-1960 -- _tA Thursday in June -- _tThe struggle for the throne : the turbulent years of the first republic : 1960-1965 -- _tThe electric years : Mobutu gets down to business : 1965-1975 -- _tToujours servir : a marshal's madness : 1975-1990 -- _tThe death throes : democratic opposition and military confrontation : 1990-1997 -- _tCompassion, what is that? : the great war of Africa : 1997-2002 -- _tLa BieÌre et la PrieÌre (Suds and sanctity) : new players in a wasted land : 2002-2006 -- _tThe recess : hope and despair in a newborn democracy : 2006-2010 -- _tWWW.com.
520			_a"Van Reybrouck takes us through several hundred years of history, bringing some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history. Here are the people and events that have impinged the Congo's developmentfÌrom the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today"-- _cAmazon.com.
651		0	_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory.
700	1		_aGarrett, Sam.
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