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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
By Daughton, J.P.
- ISBN
- 9780393541014
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on July 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Between 1921 and 1934, the French colonial government worked with a private engineering firm to construct a railroad line in the colonized territory of the Congo that connected Brazzaville, 314 miles inland, to the newly emerging ocean port Ponte-Noire. As Daughton (history, Stanford Univ.; An Empire Divided) masterfully relays, the terrain was inhospitable to railroad work, and there was a constant danger of dying from malnutrition or disease. Using threats, violence, and k...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
