{"title":"David Van Reybrouck","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"congo-the-epic-history-of-a-people-paperback","title":"Congo: The Epic History of a People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel\" (NRC Handelsblad), David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's \u003ci\u003eCongo: The Epic History of a People\u003c\/i\u003e traces the fate of one of the world's most critical, failed nation-states, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVan Reybrouck takes us through several hundred years of history, bringing some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history. Here are the people and events that have impinged the Congo's development--from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVan Reybrouck interweaves his own family's history with the voices of a diverse range of individuals--charismatic dictators, feuding warlords, child-soldiers, the elderly, female merchant smugglers, and many in the African diaspora of Europe and China--to offer a deeply humane approach and a definitive work of political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective and returning a nation's history to its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis meticulously researched work of African history explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBelgian Colonialism: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the tragic regime of King Leopold II and the rubber and ivory booms that shaped a nation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Struggle for Independence: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness the fight for freedom from colonial powers and the global indignation that accompanied it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePost-Colonial Africa: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow the transition from independence to the brutal, four-decade rule of Mobutu Sese Seko.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Congolese Perspective: \u003c\/b\u003e Hear the voices of a diverse range of individuals, from charismatic dictators and feuding warlords to child-soldiers and merchant smugglers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, \u003cem\u003eCongo: The Epic History of a People\u003c\/em\u003e traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the world. Esteemed scholar David Van Reybrouck balances hundreds of interviews with a diverse range of Congolese with meticulous historical research to construct a multidimensional portrait of a nation and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope yet eminently readable, both penetrating and deeply moving, Congo--a finalist for the Cundill Prize--takes a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective, and returns a nation's history to its people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365563859167,"sku":"9780062200129","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TuvxcchT-p9780062200129.webp?v=1789066382"},{"product_id":"revolusi-indonesia-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-world-hardcover","title":"Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vivid history, renowned scholar and celebrated author of \u003cem\u003eCongo\u003c\/em\u003e David Van Reybrouck captures a period of extraordinary tumult and chaos to tell the story of Indonesia's momentous revolution, known as the \"Revolusi.\" Encompassing several hundred years of history, he details the formation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese invasion that followed, and the young rebels who engaged in armed resistance once the occupation ended. British and Dutch troops were sent to restore order and keep peace, but instead ignited the first modern war of decolonization. America, too, became embroiled with the Indonesians' fierce struggle for freedom. That struggle inspired independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world, especially in the wake of Indonesia's monumental 1955 Bandung Conference, the first global conference without the West. The whole world had become involved in Revolusi, and the whole world was changed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion. A landmark history, \u003cem\u003eRevolusi\u003c\/em\u003e cements Indonesia's struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entirely reframes our understanding of post-colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368283832543,"sku":"9781324073697","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Z_TCj44cc59781324073697.webp?v=1789125183"},{"product_id":"revolusi-indonesia-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-world-paperback","title":"Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the birth of a new nation. 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