Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 /

Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 /

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Author / Creator:	Vanthemsche, Guy, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 289 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Colonization -- Political aspects -- Belgium -- History. Colonization -- Economic aspects -- Belgium -- History. Colonization. Colonization -- Economic aspects. Economic history. International relations. Politics and government. Belgium -- Relations -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Relations -- Belgium. Belgium -- Politics and government -- 1830-1914. Belgium -- Politics and government -- 1914- Belgium -- Economic conditions. Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Colonization -- History. Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government. Belgium. Congo (Democratic Republic) History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830783

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ISBN:	0521194210 9780521194211 9781139043038 113904303X 9781139379212 1139379216 1280877901 9781280877902 1107223350 9781107223356 1139365304 9781139365307 9786613719218 6613719218 1139377787 9781139377782 1139374923 9781139374927 1139370936 9781139370936 1139376357 9781139376358
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was affected by its colonial activities in the Congo. "While the impact of a colonising metropole on subjected territories has been widely scrutinized, the effect of empire on the colonising country has long been neglected. Recently, many studies have examined the repercussions of their respective empires on colonial powers such as the United Kingdom and France. Belgium and its African empire have been conspicuously absent from this discussion. This book attempts to fill this gap. Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 examines the effects of colonialism on the domestic politics, diplomacy and economics of Belgium, from 1880--when King Leopold II began the country's expansionist enterprises in Africa--to the 1980s, well after the Congo's independence in June of 1960. By examining the colonial impact on its mother country Belgium, this study also contributes to a better understanding of Congo's past and present"--
Other form:	Print version: Vanthemsche, Guy. Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521194211
Standard no.:	9786613719218

Table of Contents:

1. The origin of the colonial phenomenon in Belgium and its main developments up until 1960
2. The Congo and Belgium's domestic policy
3. The Congo and Belgium's external position
4. The Congo and the Belgian economy
5. Belgium and the independent Congo