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Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent

Title
Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage.
Author
Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015.
Publication
New York : Monthly Review Press, [1997], ©1997.
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Description
xiii, 317 pages; 23 cm
Uniform Title
Venas abiertas de América Latina. English
Alternative Title
Venas abiertas de América Latina.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0853459908 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780853459903 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 97044750
  • 99938641311
OCLC
  • ocm37820142
  • SCSB-5217431
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries