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OverviewThe humanitarian movement against Leopold’s violent colonisation of the Congo emerged out of Europe, but it depended at every turn on African input. Individuals and groups from throughout the upper Congo River basin undertook journeys of daring and self-sacrifice to provide evidence of atrocities for the colonial authorities, missionaries, and international investigators. Combining archive research with attention to recent debates on the relation between imperialism and humanitarianism, on trauma, witnessing and postcolonial studies, and on the recovery of colonial archives, this book examines the conditions in which colonised peoples were able to speak about their subjection, and those in which attempts at testimony were thwarted. Robert Burroughs makes a major intervention by identifying African agency and input as a key factor in the Congo atrocities debate. This is an important and unique book in African history, imperial and colonial history, and humanitarian history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Burroughs (Leeds University, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.444kg ISBN: 9781138631694ISBN 10: 1138631698 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 09 July 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Place Names Map Introduction: The Burden of Proof 1. Humanitarianism and Diplomacy: West African Migrants in the Congo Free State (c.1890–1903) 2. Behind the Casement Report (1903–4): Guides, Interpreters, and Interviewees 3. Before the Commission of Inquiry (1904–5): Travellers and Testifiers 4. The Silencing of Witnesses: The Stannard Trial (1906) and the Sheppard Trial (1909) 5. ‘Bringing hands to the English’: Injured Bodies as Evidence Conclusion: A Humanitarian History from Below Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRobert Burroughs is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Beckett University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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