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In Colonial Impotence, Benoît Henriet studies the violent contradictions of colonial rule from the standpoint of the Leverville concession, Belgian Congo’s largest palm oil exploitation. Leverville was imagined as a benevolent tropical utopia, whose Congolese workers would be "civilized" t...

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Africa in Global History ; 3
In Colonial Impotence, Benoît Henriet studies the violent contradictions of colonial rule from the standpoint of the Leverville concession, Belgian Congo’s largest palm oil exploitation. Leverville was imagined as a benevolent tropical utopia, whose Congolese workers would be "civilized" through a paternalist machinery. However, the concession was marred by inefficiency, endemic corruption and intrinsic brutality. Colonial agents in the field could be seen as impotent, for they were both unable and unwilling to perform as expected. This book offers a new take on the joint experience of colonialism and capitalism in Southwest Congo, and sheds light on their impact on local environments, bodies, societies and cosmogonies.
In English.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Table of figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” -- Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave -- Chapter 2: Impotent agents -- Chapter 3: Ordering and evading -- Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness -- Chapter 5: The concession embodied -- Chapter 6: A war against nature -- Conclusion: The concession experience -- Bibliography -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued also in print.
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Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) /
Africa in Global History ;
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Table of figures --
Abbreviations --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” --
Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave --
Chapter 2: Impotent agents --
Chapter 3: Ordering and evading --
Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness --
Chapter 5: The concession embodied --
Chapter 6: A war against nature --
Conclusion: The concession experience --
Bibliography --
Index
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title_fullStr Colonial impotence : virtue and violence in a congolese concession (1911-1940) / Benoît Henriet.
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
Table of figures --
Abbreviations --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” --
Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave --
Chapter 2: Impotent agents --
Chapter 3: Ordering and evading --
Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness --
Chapter 5: The concession embodied --
Chapter 6: A war against nature --
Conclusion: The concession experience --
Bibliography --
Index
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contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
Table of figures --
Abbreviations --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction: “Congo Atrocities!!!” --
Chapter 1: The virtuous enclave --
Chapter 2: Impotent agents --
Chapter 3: Ordering and evading --
Chapter 4: An indescribable ugliness --
Chapter 5: The concession embodied --
Chapter 6: A war against nature --
Conclusion: The concession experience --
Bibliography --
Index
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