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The Congo Free State : what could archives tell us? : new light and research perspective
Details
- Creator
- edited by Patricia Van Schuylenbergh, Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bruxelles : Peter Lang SA, 2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9782807607378, 2807607373, 9782807607361
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Cover -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Foreword: Re-Examining the Colonial Archives of the Congo Free State, Revisiting Congolese Historiography (Charles Tshimanga-Kashama) -- Contributors -- Acronyms -- List of illustrations -- Introduction: The Congo Free State: What archives can tell us (Mathilde Leduc-​Grimaldi, Patricia Van Schuylenbergh) -- Part 1: CFS Archives Survey -- An 'Archival Labyrinth'?1 The Archives related to the Congo Free State kept in Belgium and their finding aids (Luis Angel Bernardo y Garcia) -- The archives of the Royal Museum of Central Africa (Tom Morren)
- The awakening of the sleeping archives: The Goffinet archives (Olivier Defrance) -- Part 2 From Global Context To Local History -- To be international or not to be: Stanley within the 'Congo Scheme' (1878-1884) (Mathilde Leduc-​Grimaldi) -- Naming self and the other in Arabic and Swahili correspondence in the Congo Free State (Xavier Luffin) -- The Kurtz and Prospero myth models in Congo Free State archives (David M. Gordon) -- The personal papers of ClĂ©ment Brasseur and the Africanization of the Congo Free State in Katanga (Giacomo Macola)
- King Leopold II and the English Catholic Church towards the anti-Congolese campaign, 1902-1905 (Mathieu Zana Etambala) -- Part 3 Justice, Trade and Capital -- The Tilkens -- Morel correspondence. A matter of confidence (Gert De Wolf) -- Free trade and fair justice in the Congo Free State? The origins of the Rabinek case (1901) (Guy Vanthemsche) -- The Congo Mirror (River Congo, No. 1, 22 April 1891) Glimpses at the entry of Congo on a global scene (Jean-​Luc Vellut) -- To live, work, and die for Kasai rubber: Confession of a Belgian trader (1900-1914) (Patricia Van Schuylenbergh)
- About the authors -- Series Index