Rocha j murder in the rainforest the yanomami the gold miners and the amazon rocha jan isbn 9781899365371 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In july 1993 near haximu a tiny hamlet in the amazon rainforest a fateful meeting between a group of young yanomami indians and brazilian gold miners resulted in the massacre of the yanomami news of the tragedy shocked brazil and the world but mysteries remained what exactly happened at haximu how many people died who killed the indians and why using eyewitness accounts this work tells the story behind the haximu massacre set in the context of the amazon gold rush it describes . Murder in the rainforest book description set in the context of the amazon gold rush it describes the failings of brazils official indigenous policy the tragic cultural misunderstanding between the gold miners and yanomami and analyzes the role of gold fever in the destruction of the amazon rainforest and its people. Set in the context of the amazon gold rush and brazils negative official indigenous policy it describes the cultural misunderstanding between the gold miners and the yanomami and analyses the role of gold fever in the continuing destruction of the amazon rainforest and its people 25 chapters are divided into 6 sections chronicle of a massacre the yanomami are weeping investigation and trail the yanomami world the gold rush brazils official indian policy. Murder in the rainforest the yanomami the gold miners and the amazon by jan rocha 1999 06 01 isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon