Description |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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 |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899.
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Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899.
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Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899 fast |
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Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899 fast |
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Chanoine, Julien 1870-1899 gnd |
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Voulet, Paul 1866-1899 gnd |
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Mission Afrique centrale.
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SUBJECT |
Mission Afrique centrale fast |
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French -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
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Atrocities -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
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Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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HISTORY.
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Atrocities
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Colonization
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Discoveries in geography -- French
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French
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Race relations
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Scandals
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Expedition
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Kolonie
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Afrika -- historia -- 1800-talet.
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Frankrike -- kolonier -- Afrika.
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Africa, Central -- Colonization
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Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- French
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Africa, Central -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
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Central Africa
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France
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Frankreich
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Sahel
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Zentralafrika
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Franzosen.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2009032249 |
ISBN |
9780199231218 |
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0199231214 |
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9780191571558 |
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0191571555 |
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1282383396 |
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9781282383395 |
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9786612383397 |
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6612383399 |
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