Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent /
Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-
Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage. - 25th anniversary ed. / foreword by Isabel Allende. - New York : Monthly Review Press, c1997. - xiii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.
Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land -- Lust for gold, lust for silver -- King sugar and other agricultural monarchs -- Invisible sources of power -- Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators -- Tales of premature death -- Contemporary structure of plunder -- Seven years after. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3.
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America. -Back cover.
0853459908 (cloth : alk. paper) 0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780853459903 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97044750
Capitalism--History.--Latin America
Latin America--Economic conditions.
Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage. - 25th anniversary ed. / foreword by Isabel Allende. - New York : Monthly Review Press, c1997. - xiii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.
Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land -- Lust for gold, lust for silver -- King sugar and other agricultural monarchs -- Invisible sources of power -- Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators -- Tales of premature death -- Contemporary structure of plunder -- Seven years after. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3.
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America. -Back cover.
0853459908 (cloth : alk. paper) 0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780853459903 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97044750
Capitalism--History.--Latin America
Latin America--Economic conditions.