Physical Description
viii, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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
0374138400
Notes
"Originally published, in slightly different form, in 2009 by Verso Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-302) and index.
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.
