King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africaby Adam Hochschild
โ Scribed by Review by: Gail M. Gerhart
- Book ID
- 125222192
- Publisher
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0015-7120
- DOI
- 10.2307/20049262
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