Travel writing and atrocities : eyewitness accounts of colonialism in the Congo, Angola, and the Putumayo
by
 
Burroughs, Robert M., 1980-

Title
Travel writing and atrocities : eyewitness accounts of colonialism in the Congo, Angola, and the Putumayo

Author
Burroughs, Robert M., 1980-

ISBN
9780415992381
 
9780203849163

Personal Author
Burroughs, Robert M., 1980-

Publication Information
New York : Routledge, 2011.

Physical Description
xiv, 215 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Series
Routledge research in travel writing ; 4
 
Routledge research in travel writing ; 4.

Contents
Unspeakable voyage : explorers and colonialists in the Congo -- "The subtle consul" : Roger Casement's Congo report -- In transit and transition : Congo missionaries -- Cocoa and antislavery : Henry W. Nevinson's A modern slavery -- England's eyewitness : Casement's Amazon journal -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Ikembe's letter to Rev. Joseph Clark.

Subject Term
Atrocities -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Sources.
 
Atrocities -- Angola -- History -- Sources.
 
Atrocities -- Putumayo River Region -- History -- Sources.
 
Travelers' writings, British.

Geographic Term
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Colonization -- History -- Sources.
 
Angola -- Colonization -- History -- Sources.
 
Putumayo River Region -- Colonization -- Sources.
 
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Race relations -- History -- Sources.
 
Angola -- Race relations -- History -- Sources.
 
Putumayo River Region -- Race relations -- History -- Sources.


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IIEMSAGeneral Books33168025534625325.3 B968T 20111