IN THE FOREST OF NO JOY: The Congo-Ocean Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism

Captures in vivid detail the experiences of the men, women, and children who toiled on the railroad, and forces a reassessment of the moral relationship between modern industrialized empires and what could be called global humanitarian impulses. Daughton tells the epic story of the Congo-Ocean railroad, and reveals the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. Illus.