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> [“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 leap to condemnation for the petty abuses of the EIC, especially against people who are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-just-can-t-seem-to-get-over-the-fact-that-life-was-very/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

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## More by Bruce Gilley

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/much-is-at-stake-in-giving-hochschild-its-theodore-roosevelt-woodrow/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“As I wrote, despite the malicious craft practiced by Hochschild and others, I am glad that an extensive documentary record of the EIC and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/as-i-wrote-despite-the-malicious-craft-practiced-by-hochschild-and/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-just-can-t-seem-to-get-over-the-fact-that-life-was-very/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“I am glad that Hochschild admits that the photographs in his book are fake. Still, to his point, I do not doubt that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/i-am-glad-that-hochschild-admits-that-the-photographs-in-his-book-are/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“I also do not begrudge Hochschild his millions, although, unlike him, I have untold praise for the capitalist system that produced them (he recently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/i-also-do-not-begrudge-hochschild-his-millions-although-unlike-him-i/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“I wish that Hochschild would come clean on the litany of other errors I catalogue in my essay: Conrad could not have seen any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/i-wish-that-hochschild-would-come-clean-on-the-litany-of-other-errors/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“As for the claims by the Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem (“13 million killed” in 1998, then “5 to 10 million killed” in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/as-for-the-claims-by-the-congolese-historian-isidore-ndaywel-nziem-13/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-s-sweet-reason-in-his-letter-on-the-complex-question-of/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning. European colonies were governed by and accountable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-insists-on-calling-the-eic-an-example-of-colonialism/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“Hochschild is correct that the demographer Léon de St. Moulin assayed the 50 percent decline possibility (in 1987 and 1990 works). But Hochschild fails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/hochschild-is-correct-that-the-demographer-l-on-de-st-moulin-assayed/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“Comparing the EIC to the Nazis is grotesque. Hochschild has nothing to say about this odious rhetorical maneuver, an insult not just to Jews…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/comparing-the-eic-to-the-nazis-is-grotesque-hochschild-has-nothing-to/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

> [“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).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-gilley/adam-hochschild-has-enjoyed-a-long-run-of-success-with-king-leopold-s/)

[Bruce Gilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-gilley/)

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