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Auteur(s) : Daughton, James Patrick
Titre(s) : The tragedy of the Congo-Océan railroad [Texte imprimé] : the tragedy of the Congo-Océan railroad / J. P. Daughton
Publication : Cheltenham : The History press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (444 p.) : ill. ; 20 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
'Masterful' The Economist The Congo-Océan railroad stands as one of the deadliest
construction projects in history. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa
was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in
history. Colonial workers were subjects of an ostensibly democratic nation whose motto
read 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity', but liberal ideals were savaged by a cruelly
indifferent administrative state. African workers were conscripted at gunpoint, separated
from their families and subjected to hellish conditions as they hacked their way through
dense tropical foliage; excavated by hand thousand of tonnes of earth in order to
lay down track; blasted their way through rock to construct tunnels; or risked their
lives building bridges over otherwise impassable rivers. In the process, they suffered
disease, malnutrition and rampant physical abuse, likely resulting in at least 20,000
deaths. The Tragedy of the Congo-Océan Railroad captures in vivid detail the experiences
of the men, women and children who toiled on the railroad, and forces a reassessment
of the moral relationship between modern industrialised empires and what could be
called global humanitarian impulses - the desire to improve the lives of people outside
of Europe. Drawing on exhaustive research in French and Congolese archives, a chilling
documentary record and eye-opening photographic evidence, J. P. Daughton tells the
epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad, and in doing so reveals the human costs and
contradictions of modern empire
Sujet(s) : Chemins de fer -- Afrique -- 1900-1945
Colonies françaises -- Afrique -- 1900-1945
Congo-Océan, Chemin de fer (Congo, République) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
625.100 96 (23e éd.) = Chemins de fer (technologie) - Afrique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780750998406. - ISBN 0750998407 (br.)
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