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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism

by J. P. Daughton

The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780393541014