Selling the Congo: A History of European Pro-Empire Propaganda and the Making of Belgian Imperialism

Contents

List of Illustrations | viii Preface | ix List of Abbreviations | xiii Introduction | 1 1. The Inheritance: Leopold II and Propaganda about the Congo | 27 2. Denying African History to Build the Belgian Nation: Imperial Expositions | 47 3. Curators and Colonial Control: Belgium’s Museums of Empire | 89 4. Educating the Imperialists of Tomorrow | 135 5. Cast in the Mold of the eic: The Colony in Stone and Bronze | 167 6. Projected Propaganda: Imperialistic Filmmaking in Belgium | 203 Conclusion | 241 Notes | 271 Bibliography | 333 Index | 379 Contents ...