The travelling apologist: May French Sheldon in the Congo Free State (1903-04)

Studies in Travel Writing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-157

  Burroughs, Robert ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; atrocities; Britain; Congo Free State; Congo Reform Association; European imperialism; May French Sheldon (1848 1936)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953547304     PISSN: 13645145     EISSN: 17557550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645141003747231     Document Type: Review

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