Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent /
An analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America. 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 t...
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Las venas abiertas de América Latina. |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
[1997]
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| Edition: | 25th anniversary ed. / |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Isabel Allende
- From In defense of the word
- Introduction: 120 million children in the eye of the hurricane
- Part I. Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land. Lust for gold, lust for silver ; King sugar and other agricultural monarchs ; The invisible sources of power
- Part II. Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators. Tales of premature death ; The contemporary structure of plunder
- Part III. Seven years after.