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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.

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015 , author

Contributors:

Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-1990 , translator

Allende, Isabel , writer of supplemental textual content

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Spanish

Main Work:

Venas abiertas de América Latina [by Galeano, E.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Open veins of Latin America [by Galeano, E.H.] (25th anniversary ed.; New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1997 — ISBN 0853459916; LCCN 97044750; OCLC Number 37820142)

Subjects:

Capitalism — Latin America — History

Latin America — Economic conditions

Capitalism

Economic conditions

Latin America

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HC125 .G25313 1997eb

ISBNs:

9781583673126 (electronic bk.)
1583673121 (electronic bk.)
9781583673119 (e-book)
1583673113
0853459916 [Invalid]
9780853459910 [Invalid]
0853459908 [Invalid]
9780853459903 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

781638900