{"product_id":"open-veins-of-latin-america-five-centuries-of-the-pillage-of-a-continent","title":"Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent","description":"\u003cp\u003eTracing five centuries of exploitation in Latin America, a classic in the field, now in its twenty fifth year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHY WE PICKED IT\u003cbr\u003eWeaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e• Author: Eduardo Galeano\u003cbr\u003e• Publisher: Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e• Publication Date: January 1, 1997\u003cbr\u003e• Format: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e• ISBN\/EAN: 9780853459910\u003cbr\u003e• Ships direct from distributor in 3 to 7 business days\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45114206519340,"sku":"9780853459910","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/9780853459910.jpg?v=1765403251","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/open-veins-of-latin-america-five-centuries-of-the-pillage-of-a-continent","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}