Selling the Congo : a History of European Pro-Empire Propaganda and the Making of Belgian Imperialism.
Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an...
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Lincoln :
UNP - Nebraska,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Inheritance: Leopold II and Propaganda about the Congo; 2. Denying African History to Build the Belgian Nation: Imperial Expositions; 3. Curators and Colonial Control: Belgium's Museums of Empire; 4. Educating the Imperialists of Tomorrow; 5. Cast in the Mold of the eic: The Colony inStone and Bronze; 6. Projected Propaganda: Imperialistic Filmmaking in Belgium; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
