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Chapter 6 - Tropical Boom Towns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2021

Jacques Pépin
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Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
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Chapter 6 explains how the process of colonisation profoundly altered the ways of life of peoples in the Belgian Congo, Moyen-Congo and Cameroon, through accelerated urbanisation and the pronounced gender imbalance in the cities that resulted from colonial policies. It focuses on Léopoldville, which for a few decades was essentially a labour camp. The chapter ends with a review of how the Stanley Pool, where Léopoldville and Brazzaville were located, has always been the natural terminus for all traffic in the huge River Congo basin, and thus a melting pot of dozens of ethnic groups.

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The Origins of AIDS , pp. 105 - 123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Tropical Boom Towns
  • Jacques Pépin, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
  • Book: The Origins of AIDS
  • Online publication: 05 January 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108767019.007
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  • Jacques Pépin, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
  • Book: The Origins of AIDS
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108767019.007
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  • Tropical Boom Towns
  • Jacques Pépin, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
  • Book: The Origins of AIDS
  • Online publication: 05 January 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108767019.007
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