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The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness / Jordan Goodman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.Edition: 1st American edDescription: viii, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780374138400 (hc)
  • 0374138400
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.898/9
LOC classification:
  • 116 F 3451 G653d 2010
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Contents:
Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- Saldaäna Rocca's world -- Over to the Foreign Office -- An officer and a gentleman -- Our man in the Putumayo -- Eyes of another race -- The uttermost parts of the Earth -- La Chorrera -- Godforsaken hell-haunted wilds -- A system of armed extortion -- Deus ex machina -- The veil over the Putumayo mystery -- Publish and be damned -- An international scandal -- The old gang -- The canon and the board -- La selva returns to Parliament -- The Peruvian, the American, and the Select Committee -- The devil and Mr. Casement -- Epilogue : a crime against humanity -- Dramatis personae and chronology.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 116 F 3451 G653d 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101703

"Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-302) and index.

Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- Saldaäna Rocca's world -- Over to the Foreign Office -- An officer and a gentleman -- Our man in the Putumayo -- Eyes of another race -- The uttermost parts of the Earth -- La Chorrera -- Godforsaken hell-haunted wilds -- A system of armed extortion -- Deus ex machina -- The veil over the Putumayo mystery -- Publish and be damned -- An international scandal -- The old gang -- The canon and the board -- La selva returns to Parliament -- The Peruvian, the American, and the Select Committee -- The devil and Mr. Casement -- Epilogue : a crime against humanity -- Dramatis personae and chronology.

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