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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

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Summary
"In September 1910, the activist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon jungle on a mission for the British government: to investigate reports of widespread human rights abuses in the forests along the Putumayo River. Accusations against the Peruvian rubber baron Julio César Arana had been making their way back to London, and the rumors were on everybody's lips: Arana was enslaving, torturing, and murdering the local Indians. Arana's Peruvian Amazon Company, with its headquarters in London's financial heart, was responsible. Casement was outraged by what he uncovered: nearly thirty thousand Indians had died to produce four thousand tons of rubber. When Casement's seven-hundred-page report of the Putumayo violence was published in London in 1912, it set off reverberations throughout the world. People were appalled that murderous acts were being carried out in the name of profit, all under the cloak of British respectability and fairness. The Peruvian Amazon Company was forced into liquidation, and its board of directors, including an aristocrat with ties to the royal family, was publicly shamed." -- dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
viii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
"Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--Title page verso
Contents
  • Introduction: La selva comes to London
  • Across the Andes
  • Iquitos and rubber
  • Arana's world
  • Saldaña 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
Isbn
9780374138400
Instance
Label
The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness
Title
The devil and Mr. Casement
Title remainder
one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness
Statement of responsibility
Jordan Goodman
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In September 1910, the activist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon jungle on a mission for the British government: to investigate reports of widespread human rights abuses in the forests along the Putumayo River. Accusations against the Peruvian rubber baron Julio César Arana had been making their way back to London, and the rumors were on everybody's lips: Arana was enslaving, torturing, and murdering the local Indians. Arana's Peruvian Amazon Company, with its headquarters in London's financial heart, was responsible. Casement was outraged by what he uncovered: nearly thirty thousand Indians had died to produce four thousand tons of rubber. When Casement's seven-hundred-page report of the Putumayo violence was published in London in 1912, it set off reverberations throughout the world. People were appalled that murderous acts were being carried out in the name of profit, all under the cloak of British respectability and fairness. The Peruvian Amazon Company was forced into liquidation, and its board of directors, including an aristocrat with ties to the royal family, was publicly shamed." -- dust jacket
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Goodman, Jordan
Dewey number
305.898/9
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Putumayo River Valley
  • Peru
  • Casement, Roger
  • Human rights
  • Indians of South America
  • Rubber industry workers
  • Atrocities
  • Peruvian Amazon Company
  • Imperialism
  • Consuls
  • Irish
Label
The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness, Jordan Goodman
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-302) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- Saldaña 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
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
viii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374138400
Isbn Type
(hc)
Lccn
2009029528
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)428823344
  • ocn428823344
  • OCoLC
Label
The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness, Jordan Goodman
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-302) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- Saldaña 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
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
viii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374138400
Isbn Type
(hc)
Lccn
2009029528
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)428823344
  • ocn428823344
  • OCoLC

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