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Author Taithe, Bertrand.

Title The killer trail [electronic resource] : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa / Bertrand Taithe.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Dying for French Soudan -- Civilization and Africa -- Privateering for France -- Officers and gentlemen? -- Slaving and African warfare -- Conspiracy theories and scandals -- From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt -- Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899.
Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899.
Mission Afrique centrale.
French -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
Atrocities -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Africa, Central -- Colonization.
Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
Africa, Central -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199231218 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0199231214 (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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