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Civilisation in Congoland : a story of international wrong-doing

Title: Civilisation in Congoland : a story of international wrong-doing / By H.R. Fox Bourne ; with a prefatory note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.
Author: Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox), 1837-1909
Publication: London : P.S. King & Son, Orchard House, Westminster, 1903.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	Sc 967.5-B (Bourne, H. Civilisation in Congoland)	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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Description

xvi, 311, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Note

With a half-title.
"Printed by the Athenaeum Press, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, E.C."--colophon, page 311.
Last page blank.
Includes index.

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Preliminary -- ch. 2. King Leopold's project (1876-1884) -- ch. 3. The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) -- ch. 4. The Congo State's commencement (1885-1889) -- ch. 5. Early explorations and enterprises (1885-1890) -- ch. 6. The Brussels Conference (1889-1890) -- ch. 7. Commercial developments (1890-1893) -- ch. 8. Anti-slavery crusading (1890-1894) -- ch. 9. International complications (1894-1895) -- ch. 10. Administrative abuses (1894-1897) -- ch. 11. Raids and rebellions (1895-1899) -- ch. 12. Monopolist persecutions (1897-1901) -- ch. 13. Belgium's inheritance (1901-1902) -- ch. 14. The Congo State's neighbors -- ch. 15. The outlook -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 967.5-B (Bourne, H. Civilisation in Congoland)

LCCN

03006945

OCLC

3696886

Author

Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox), 1837-1909, author.

Title

Civilisation in Congoland : a story of international wrong-doing / By H.R. Fox Bourne ; with a prefatory note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.

Publisher

London : P.S. King & Son, Orchard House, Westminster, 1903.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 967.5-B (copy 1) (accession no. B593761) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc 967.5-B (copy 1) imperfect, lacks folded map.

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P.S. King & Son, Ltd., publisher.

Athenaeum Press (London, England), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 967.5-B (Bourne, H. Civilisation in Congoland)

BMS (Bourne, H.R.F. Civilisation in Congoland)

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