Galeano, Eduardo,

Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano - 25th anniversary ed. / - New York : Monthly Review Press, c1997 - xiii, 317 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land -- Part II : Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators -- Part III : Seven years after

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.

9780853459910


LATIN AMERICA

HC 125 .G25 1997