01484cam a2200301 i 4500 545758000 TxAuBib 971016s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97044750 9780853459910 paperback : alkaline paper 0853459916 paperback : alkaline paper 9780853459903 hardcover : alkaline paper 0853459908 hardcover : alkaline paper DLC eng DLC DLC rda TxAuBib rda eng spa Galeano, Eduardo H., 1940- Venas abiertas de Amřica Latina English. Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage ; foreword by Isabel Allende. New York : Monthly Review Press, [1997] ©1997. xiii, 317 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index. 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 -- Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators. Tales of premature death ; The contemporary structure of plunder -- Seven years after. Latin America Economic conditions.