The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness
The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness
Jordan Goodman
The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness
Jordan Goodman
Descripción
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. Casement was outraged by what he uncovered: nearly thirty thousand Indians had died to produce four thousand tons of rubber for Peruvian and British commercial interests, under the brutal rubber baron Julio César Arana. In 1912, Casement's seven-hundred-page report of the Putumayo violence set off reverberations throughout the world. Drawing on a wealth of original research, The Devil and Mr. Casement is a haunting story of modern capitalism with enormous contemporary political resonance.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 336 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | St. Martins Press-3PL |
Fecha de Publicación | 2011-02-01 |
Dimensiones | 8.6" x 5.6" x 1.0" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Temas | Siglo 20, Británico, América Latina, 1900-1919 |
Acerca del Autor
Goodman, Jordan
JORDAN GOODMAN has been a professional historian for thirty years and is Honorary Research Associate at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London. His last book was The Rattlesnake (Faber, 2005).Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.386 kg |
SKU: | 9780312680589 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 03/11/23 |
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