The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement:

Name: The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement:
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ISBN: 9781901990010

ISBN-10: 190199001X

ISBN-13: 9781901990010

Edition: 2009

Authors: Angus Mitchell, Angus Mitchell

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"This book, from the previously unpublished manuscript in the National Library of Ireland, is a valuable and deeply detailed edition of the diary kept by Casement during his journey into the South American rainforests. He had been sent by the British government to report on atrocities against tribal people while being forced to collect rubber in the Putumayo region in the north-west Amazon. Genocide among the Amazon Indians has continued, but external investigations of this kind have been rare. The way in which Roger Casement carried out his work is still relevant to all kinds of humanitarian and whistle-blowing activities. It is also a key text charting Casement's transition from observer…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 544
Language: English



Maps


Preface


Abbreviations


Glossary



The Diaries Controversy



The Voyage to the Putumayo



The Putumayo Journal



La Chorrera



Occidente



Ultimo Retiro



The Road to Entre Rios



Entre Rios



Matanzas



Entre Rios Revisited



Atenas and the Return to La Chorrera



The Exodus from La Chorrera



The Liberal Returns to Iquitos



Iquitos



London Bound


Bibliographical Note


Index