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"This title features an untold story of the most horrifying crimes and massacres of the twentieth century. In September 1910, the activist and anti-imperialist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon to investigate reports of widespread human-rights abuses in the vast forests stretching along the Putumayo River. There, the Peruvian entrepreneur Julio Cesar Arana ran an area the size of Belgium as his own private fiefdom; his British-registered company operated a systematic programme of torture, exploitation and murder. Fresh from documenting the scarcely imaginable atrocities perpetrated by King Leopold in the Congo, Casement was confronted with an all-too recognizable scenario. He uncovered an appalling catalogue of abuse: nearly 30,000 Indians had died to produce four thousand tons of rubber. From the Peruvian rainforests to the City of London, Jordan Goodman recounts a crime against humanity that history has almost forgotten, but whose exposure in 1912 sent shockwaves around the world. Drawing on a wealth of original research, The Devil and Mr Casement is a story of colonial exploitation and corporate greed with enormous contemporary political resonance."--Publisher's description.
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New York Times reviewed, Casement, roger, sir, 1864-1916, Human rights, Indians of south america, history, Rubber industry and trade, Atrocities, Imperialism, Consuls, Great britain, biography, Irish, foreign countries, Human rights, south america, Arana, julio cesar, 1854-1952, Offenses against the person, History, Travel, Social conditionsEdition | Availability |
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The devil and Mr. Casement: one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness
2010, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
- 1st American ed.
0374138400 9780374138400
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Devil and Mr Casement: One Man's Struggle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness
2010, Verso Books
in English
1844676250 9781844676255
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Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness
2010, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
in English
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The devil and Mr Casement: one man's struggle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness
2009, Verso
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1844673340 9781844673346
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