The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise; Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed Upon the Indians Therein - Scholar's Choice Edition

The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise; Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed Upon the Indians Therein - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: C. Reginald 1868-1970 Enock
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Total Pages: 390
Release: 2015-02-13
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ISBN: 9781295998135

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PUTUMAYO THE DEVILS PARADISE

PUTUMAYO THE DEVILS PARADISE
Author: Walter Hardenburg
Publisher: Blurb
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-03-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781366463722

The occurrences in the Amazon Valley which, under the name of the Putumayo[2] Rubber Atrocities of Peru, have startled the public mind and aroused widespread horror and indignation-atrocities worse than those of the Congo-cannot be regarded merely as an isolated phenomenon. Such incidents are the extreme manifestation of a condition which expresses itself in different forms all over the world-the condition of acute and selfish commercialism or industrialism whose exponents, in enriching themselves, deny a just proportion of the fruits of the earth and of their toil to the labourers who produce the wealth.

The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise

The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise
Author: Walter Hardenburg
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2015-03-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781507590010

"[...]forests were more or less roving bands of savages, dwelling on the river banks, without other forms of government than that of the curacas, or petty chiefs of families or tribe. The influence of the Incas did undoubtedly extend into the forest regions in a degree, as evidenced by remaining customs and nomenclature, but the Incas did not establish order and civilisation in the forests as upon the highlands. The Incas and their predecessors built a series of fortresses which[...]".