Renton, Dave, 1972-
The Congo : plunder and resistance / David Renton, David Seddon, & Leo Zeilig. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, �2007. - 243 pages : map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
Missionaries and traders -- Miners and planters -- Rebels and generals -- The great dictator -- The failed 'transition' -- Speculators and theives.
This book traces the story of the Congo from the unleashing of King Leopard's fury across the region in the 19th century, to the Western sponsored murder of Patrice Lumumba in 1961 to the war that has ravaged the country since 1997. It is an immensely readable and radical introduction to the Congo that pays attention to the importance of economic production for social organization throughout the country's recent history. It also argues that the nature of global capitalism, far from always leading to modernization, can in fact mean the expansion of private capital accompanied by social collapse. As for the future, the hope is that another politics will emerge from the resistance of ordinary Congolese to imperialist slaughter and the post-independence Mobutu dictatorship. -- Publisher's Description.
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013527534 Uk
Pillage--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Imperialism--History.
Capitalism--Political aspects--History.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Pillage--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Imperialism--History.
Capitalism--Political aspects--History.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Capitalism--Political aspects.
Colonial influence.
Economic history.
Government, Resistance to.
Imperialism.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects.
Pillage.
Politics and government
Politieke aspecten.
Sociale situatie.
Plundringar--historia--Kongo (Kinshasa)
Konga (Kinshasa)--politik och f�orvaltning.
Kapitalism--politiska aspekter--historia.
Imperialism--historia.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonial influence.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Economic conditions.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History, Military.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonial influence.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo (Kinshasa)
Kongo (Kinshasa)--ekonomiska f�orh�allanden.
History.
Military history.
DT653.3 / .R46 2007
967.51
The Congo : plunder and resistance / David Renton, David Seddon, & Leo Zeilig. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, �2007. - 243 pages : map ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
Missionaries and traders -- Miners and planters -- Rebels and generals -- The great dictator -- The failed 'transition' -- Speculators and theives.
This book traces the story of the Congo from the unleashing of King Leopard's fury across the region in the 19th century, to the Western sponsored murder of Patrice Lumumba in 1961 to the war that has ravaged the country since 1997. It is an immensely readable and radical introduction to the Congo that pays attention to the importance of economic production for social organization throughout the country's recent history. It also argues that the nature of global capitalism, far from always leading to modernization, can in fact mean the expansion of private capital accompanied by social collapse. As for the future, the hope is that another politics will emerge from the resistance of ordinary Congolese to imperialist slaughter and the post-independence Mobutu dictatorship. -- Publisher's Description.
9781842774847 1842774840 9781842774854 1842774859
2006045279
GBA668629 bnb
013527534 Uk
Pillage--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Imperialism--History.
Capitalism--Political aspects--History.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Pillage--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Imperialism--History.
Capitalism--Political aspects--History.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Government, Resistance to--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Capitalism--Political aspects.
Colonial influence.
Economic history.
Government, Resistance to.
Imperialism.
Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects.
Pillage.
Politics and government
Politieke aspecten.
Sociale situatie.
Plundringar--historia--Kongo (Kinshasa)
Konga (Kinshasa)--politik och f�orvaltning.
Kapitalism--politiska aspekter--historia.
Imperialism--historia.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonial influence.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Economic conditions.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History, Military.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonial influence.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo (Kinshasa)
Kongo (Kinshasa)--ekonomiska f�orh�allanden.
History.
Military history.
DT653.3 / .R46 2007
967.51