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 Cedric Belfrage (Translator)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

317 pages | first published 1971

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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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