Open Veins of Latin America : : Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
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Call Number: 330.98 Ga, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / Latin & South America / Miscellaneous
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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.
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of... Latin American history. [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 they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America. -Back cover.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Monthly Review Press, c1997.
Year Published: 1997
Description: xiii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780853459910
SUBJECTS
Capitalism -- Latin America -- History.
Latin America -- Economic conditions.