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Author Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-

Title Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage.

Edition Twenty-fifth anniversary edition / foreword by Isabel Allende.
Publication Info. New York : Monthly Review Press, [1997]
©1997
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  330.98 GAL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  330.98 GAL    AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 317 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Latin America -- Economic conditions.
Added Title Venas abiertas de América Latina. English.
ISBN 0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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