Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts
Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts

Author: Jules Marchal

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1784786322

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In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme's rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo. With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.

Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts
Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts

Author: Jules Marchal

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1784786330

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The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme’s rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo. With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme’s Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.

So clean
So clean

Author: Brian Lewis

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1526130432

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This book is an unorthodox biography of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Lord Leverhulme (1851-1925), the founder of the Lever Brothers’ Sunlight Soap empire. Unlike previous biographies, which have focused on the man’s life story and eccentricities, or just considered one aspect of his career, So clean places him squarely in his social and cultural context and is fully informed by recent historical scholarship. Much more than a warts-and-all biography, the book uses Lever as an entry-point for contextualized and comparative essays on the history of advertising; on factory paternalism, town planning, the Garden City movement and their ramifications across the twentieth century; and on colonialism and forced labour in the Belgian Congo and the South Pacific. It concludes with a discussion of his extraordinary attempt, in his final years, to transform crofting and fishing in the Outer Hebrides. Written in an engaging and accessible style, So Clean will appeal to academics and students working in business, social, cultural and imperial history.

The Mirrors of Downing Street
The Mirrors of Downing Street

Author: Harold Begbie

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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"The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster" by Harold Begbie is an interesting portrayal of politics and those who lived at Downing Street. Edward Harold Begbie, also known as Harold Begbie, was an English journalist and the author of nearly 50 books and poems. His work made him an observant man and one who knew how to handle delicate topics such as politics. Each of the inhabitants of the street get their own chapter describing their lives and their influences on society.