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Kongo in the Age of Empire, 1860-1913
Jelmer Vos
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Description for Kongo in the Age of Empire, 1860-1913
Hardback. Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
A case study of colonialism in Africa from economic, religious, and political perspectives that examines the participation of African elites in colonial rule
This is a richly documented history of the arrival of rubber traders, new Christian missionaries, and the Portuguese colonial state in the Kongo realm, told from the perspective of the kingdom’s inhabitants. It is the first book-length study of the colonial encounter in an African kingdom renowned for its long Catholic tradition and contributory role in the historical slave trade. Rejecting theories of doom and decline, Jelmer Vos shows how Kongo’s sacred city of São Salvador ... Read more
A case study of colonialism in Africa from economic, religious, and political perspectives that examines the participation of African elites in colonial rule
This is a richly documented history of the arrival of rubber traders, new Christian missionaries, and the Portuguese colonial state in the Kongo realm, told from the perspective of the kingdom’s inhabitants. It is the first book-length study of the colonial encounter in an African kingdom renowned for its long Catholic tradition and contributory role in the historical slave trade. Rejecting theories of doom and decline, Jelmer Vos shows how Kongo’s sacred city of São Salvador ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299306205
SKU
V9780299306205
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About Jelmer Vos
Jelmer Vos is an assistant professor of history at Old Dominion University.
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