Report

Report
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2952
Release: 1957
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980

Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980
Author: Guy Vanthemsche
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521194210

This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was changed through its colonial activities in the Congo, from the first expeditions in 1880 to the Mobutu regime in the 1980s. Belgian politics, diplomacy, economic activity and culture were influenced by the imperial experience. Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 yields a better understanding of the Congo's past and present.