Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Description: Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organised the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus, he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.

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Book Title: Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the

Item Length: 23.2 cm

Item Height: 232mm

Item Width: 155mm

Author: Eduardo Galeano

Publication Name: Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Subject: Economics, History

Publication Year: 2009

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 417g

Number of Pages: 320 Pages