| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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French language |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa', a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic continent that eerily prefigures fictional accounts such as The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. The Voulet-Chanoine mission left Dakar in 1898 for the centre of Africa and the region of Lake Chad with the aim of establishing effective borders between the French and British empires while 'pacifying' a notoriously belligerent region. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Note; Preface; 1. DYING FOR FRENCH SOUDAN; 2. CIVILIZATION AND AFRICA; 3. PRIVATEERING FOR FRANCE; 4. OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN?; 5. SLAVING AND AFRICAN WARFARE; 6. CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SCANDALS; 7. FROM THE HEART OF DARKNESS TO TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY GUILT; 8. CONCLUSION: TRAUMATIZED PERPETRATORS?; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899.
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Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899. |
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Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899.
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Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899. |
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Mission Afrique centrale.
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Mission Afrique centrale. |
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Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899. |
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Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899. |
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Mission Afrique centrale. |
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French -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
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French. |
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Central Africa. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Atrocities -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
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Atrocities. |
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Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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Scandals. |
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France. |
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Africa, Central -- Colonization.
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Colonization. |
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Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Africa, Central -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taithe, Bertrand. Killer trail. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009032249 |
| ISBN |
9780199231218 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0199231214 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780191571558 (electronic book) |
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0191571555 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9786612383397 |
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