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100 1  Harms, Robert W.,|d1946-|eauthor 
245 10 Land of tears :|bthe exploration and exploitation of 
       equatorial Africa /|cRobert Harms 
264  1 New York, NY :|bBasic Books, Hackette Book Group,|c2019 
300    v, 538 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-522) and 
       index 
505 0  Manyema -- Atlantic Coast -- Highway of Commerce -- 
       Homeward Bound -- Torrent of Treaties -- Creating the 
       Congos -- Rescuing Emin -- Things Fall Apart -- Concession
       Companies -- Red Rubber Scandals -- End of Red Rubber 
520    "In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the
       chaotic process by which the heart of Africa was utterly 
       transformed in the nineteenth century and the rainforest 
       of the Congo River basin became one of the most brutally 
       exploited places on earth. Ranging from remote African 
       villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut 
       piano-key factories, Harms reveals how equatorial Africa 
       became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within 
       our global world"--|cProvided by publisher 
651  0 Africa, Central|xHistory|yTo 1884 
651  0 Africa, Central|xColonization|xEnvironmental aspects 
651  0 Africa, Central|xColonization|xSocial aspects