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Author:

Galeano, Eduardo H., 1940-

Title:

Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage.

Edition:

25th anniversary ed. / foreword by Isabel Allende.

Publisher:

Monthly Review Press,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

xiii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Capitalism--Latin America--History.
Latin America--Economic conditions.
Internationale handel.
Economische aspecten.

Other Titles:

Venas abiertas de América Latina. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.

Contents:

pt. 3. Seven years after. 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.

ISBN:

9780853459903 (cloth : alk. paper)
0853459908 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37820142

LCCN:

97044750

Locations:

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)