Since the early 19th century, political and military violence has played an exceptionally significant role in the territory corresponding to the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. By foregrounding the periodic reoccurrence of "warlordism" and the economy of plunder that characterises it, this book offers new analytical tools to interpret the history of the societies of the Congo Basin over the past two hundred years.
A Violent History. Power and Conflict in the Congo Basin from the Nineteenth Century to the Present / Macola, Giacomo. - (2025).
A Violent History. Power and Conflict in the Congo Basin from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Giacomo Macola
2025
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Since the early 19th century, political and military violence has played an exceptionally significant role in the territory corresponding to the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. By foregrounding the periodic reoccurrence of "warlordism" and the economy of plunder that characterises it, this book offers new analytical tools to interpret the history of the societies of the Congo Basin over the past two hundred years.File allegati a questo prodotto
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