“Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning. European colonies were governed by and accountable to the institutions of a liberal state at home. That was the fundamental structural fact of a… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Much is at stake. In giving Hochschild its Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award in 2008, the American Historical Association claimed that King Leopold’s Ghost “broke… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“As I wrote, despite the malicious craft practiced by Hochschild and others, I am glad that an extensive documentary record of the EIC and… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Hochschild just can’t seem to get over the fact that life was very, very different long ago. I, for one, am less ready to… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“I am glad that Hochschild admits that the photographs in his book are fake. Still, to his point, I do not doubt that the… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“I also do not begrudge Hochschild his millions, although, unlike him, I have untold praise for the capitalist system that produced them (he recently… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“I wish that Hochschild would come clean on the litany of other errors I catalogue in my essay: Conrad could not have seen any… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“As for the claims by the Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem (“13 million killed” in 1998, then “5 to 10 million killed” in… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Hochschild’s sweet reason in his letter on the complex question of European colonialism appears to have abandoned him while writing the book (or is… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning. European colonies were governed by and accountable to… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Hochschild is correct that the demographer Léon de St. Moulin assayed the 50 percent decline possibility (in 1987 and 1990 works). But Hochschild fails… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Comparing the EIC to the Nazis is grotesque. Hochschild has nothing to say about this odious rhetorical maneuver, an insult not just to Jews… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Adam Hochschild has enjoyed a long run of success with King Leopold’s Ghost, his distortionary 1998 tale about the État Indépendant du Congo (EIC).… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
