Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Synopsis

Tracing five centuries of exploitation in latin america, a classic in the field, now in its twenty fifth yearsince 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.