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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continentby: Eduardo Galeano  List Price: $18.00 Amazon.com's Price: $12.24 You Save: $5.76 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 330.98 EAN: 9780853459910 Edition: 25 Anv ISBN: 0853459916 Label: Monthly Review Press Manufacturer: Monthly Review Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 317 Publication Date: 1997 Publisher: Monthly Review Press Release Date: January 01, 1997 Studio: Monthly Review Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive exposé which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read." --Choice "Well written and passionately stated, this is an intellectually honest and valuable study." --Library Journal "A dazzling barrage of words and ideas." --History Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A look back at "history".........that only goes to the old, tired and overused idea to blame the U.S. for every problem affecting Latin America. From the difference in the way our different colonial economic paths began, to portraying the Castro regime as the "true" liberators of the hemisphere. The mere "omission" of Latin America's cultural political traits, and their endless propensity towards all too central governments and all to corrupt leadership through the ages becomes conveniently omitted. Al to show ... Read More Rating: - Beautifully Written, Visceral And Timeless."Open Veins Of Latin America" has not lost its importance in almost 40 years of circulation, today more than ever, Eduardo Galeano's poetic journey through the history and suffering of Latin America is a vital work of scholarship and observation, it is a record of how the Americas were born and grew. From the Spanish Conquest to the Cuban Revolution and beyond, Galeano touches on nearly every key moment of Latin American history and brilliantly shows the reader how the events of the past helped shape ... Read More Rating: - Had no ideaA friend recommended this book and I thank him for making me aware of this. Africa and its problems I am very informed about, but what is going on in Latin American no. To become aware of the products we enjoy such as coffee and sugar, cotton and not knowing of the pain and agony involved in other lives is inexusable in to-days world, hopefully through this book people will become informed. Rating: - Latino HistoryThis history is told from the point of view of the oppressed people detailing the horrible conditions in Chile during the Industrial Revolution. Rating: - Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a ContinentKeep the good work upp! 
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