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Author Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015, author.

Title Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage
Edition 25th anniversary edition / foreword by Isabel Allende
Published New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages)
Contents pt. 1. Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land -- ch. 1. Lust for gold, lust for silver -- ch. 2. King sugar and other agricultural monarchs -- ch. 3. Invisible sources of power -- pt. 2. Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators -- ch. 4. Tales of premature death -- ch. 5. Contemporary structure of plunder -- pt. 3. Seven years after
Summary [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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index
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Subject Capitalism -- Latin America -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Capitalism
Economic history
Internationale handel.
Economische aspecten.
Dependency -- Latin America.
Imperialism -- Latin America.
Latin America -- Historical development.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074888
Subject Latin America
Amérique latine -- Conditions économiques.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-1990, translator.
Allende, Isabel, writer of supplemental textual content
ISBN 9781583673126
1583673121
9781583673119
1583673113
Other Titles Venas abiertas de América Latina. English