The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness
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- ISBN: 9780374138400 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0374138400 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm - Edition: 1st American ed
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and index |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- SaldaƱa 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | F 3451 P94 G66 2010 (Text)
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