Die If You Must by John Hemming

Die If You Must by John Hemming

`Die if you must, but never kill’ was the injunction to his officers of Candido Rondon, first leader of Brazil’s Indian Protection Service established in 1910, as a new age of development and exploration began in the Amazon rain forests. Die If You Must completes John Hemming’s authoritative trilogy on the history of the Brazilian Indians and covers the fate of the Indians in the twentieth century as `civilized’ life began inescapably to invade their world. John Hemming describes tough expeditions and thrilling first contacts with Indians, notably by the dedicated and exuberant Villas Boas brothers on the Xingu river. The book also tries to show the trauma of contact from the indigenous side and the devastating pressures on their lands and way of life. But the story of the Indians’ fightback is as exciting as the contacts deep in the rain forests and was achieved by a coalition of activists – non-governmental organisations, some government officials, missionaries (most of whom radically changed their attitudes), and above all by the indigenous peoples themselves. John Hemming has created a exuberantly vivid, brilliantly detailed picture of the Indian way of life. It is nothing short of a masterpiece.

John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographical Society in London from 1975 to 1996. He has been on several surveying and environmental expeditions to unexplored parts of Amazonia, and has probably visited more Indian tribes than any other non-Brazilian. For this work he has been awarded the Brazilian Order of the Southern Cross and the Peruvian Order of Merit for contributions to their countries. He is the author of several books.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780330493710
ISBN 10	033049371X
Title	Die If You Must
Author	John Hemming
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2004-08-06
Number of pages	896
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable