Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- ISBN-10
- 0853459908
- ISBN-13
- 9780853459903
- Series
- Open Veins of Latin America
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Eduardo Galeano
Description
[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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