{"product_id":"the-congo-plunder-and-resistance-9781842774854","title":"The Congo: Plunder and Resistance","description":"This book traces the story of the Congo from the unleashing of King Leopard's fury across the region in the 19th century, to the Western sponsored murder of Patrice Lumumba in 1961 to the war that has ravaged the country since 1997. It is an immensely readable and radical introduction to the Congo that pays attention to the importance of economic production for social organization throughout the country's recent history. It also argues that the nature of global capitalism, far from always leading to modernization, can in fact mean the expansion of private capital accompanied by social collapse. As for the future, the hope is that another politics will emerge from the resistance of ordinary Congolese to imperialist slaughter and the post-independence Mobutu dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14751432\"\u003eDavid Renton\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12237705\"\u003eDavid Seddon\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16012330\"\u003eLeo Zeilig\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.76w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842774854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842774859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS001010\"\u003eAfrica | Central\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Renton is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeo Zeilig is a a researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research at the University of Johannesburg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Seddon is Professor of Politics \u0026amp; Sociology School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.\u003cbr\u003eDavid Renton is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeo Zeilig is a a researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research at the University of Johannesburg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Seddon is Professor of Politics \u0026amp; Sociology School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44696556634349,"sku":"9781842774854","price":71.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f368c85b-ab4c-4dc6-952c-fcf28e134aba.jpg?v=1703801630","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-congo-plunder-and-resistance-9781842774854","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}