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

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

Eduardo Galeano with Isabel Allende (Contributor), Cedric Belfrage (Translator)

317 pages • first pub 1971 (view editions)

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Open Veins of Latin America is ideal for readers drawn to incisive, historically-rooted critiques of colonialism and capitalism, seeking to understand systemic exploitation through a vivid, interdisciplinary lens.

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The classic survey of Latin America's social and cultural history, with a new introduction by Isabel AllendeSince its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is a...

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