Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Date Published: 1973-10-01
ISBN-13:9780853453086ISBN:085345308X
Description: Good. PAPERBACK. Good Condition. Pages mostly clean: previous store's price and small stamp on back of last page. Binding cracked at page 209. Some edge-wear. Crease at spine. Mark from price sticker removal at upper right corner of front cover. Solid reading copy. read more
Description: Very good. Very good condition. Covers/pages are very clean. Slight dust mark to bottom edge, all else is perfect. Tight binding. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Monthly Review Press, New York, N.Y., USA
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780853453086ISBN:085345308X
Description: Very Good. VERY GOOD state 13th printing in color pictorial wrappers (minor edge wear, slight lean to the spine, top page edges dusty). read more
Description: Acceptable. Minor cover wear, bent corners, bent edges, dog eared pages, bent pages, spine and cover creases, writing, highlighting, and underlining throughout Used-Acceptable Default Text. read more
"The Opening chapters of this book are fascinating! It goes into much detail of the exploitation and enslavement of the indigenous peoples of south and central America. Most of the history is new to me. One fact that still stays with me is that the shipments of gold and goods coming into Spain and Portugal, from their respective conquests, were actually shipped right back out to other countries because of their substantial national debts.
On the other hand, the following chapters a bit boring. I had a hard time going through the huge list of minerals that the US Corporations extracted in the 1800's. I couldn't even make it to the 20th century."
"This book is really about the world. Galeano doesn't miss anyone with his tar brush, rightfully so. If you've ever given any thought to the concept of Fair Trade you should probably read this book instead of just buying your Fair Trade cup o' joe at the local.
I didn't give this book more stars because Galeano jumps around quite a bit and the book is in need of more coherence. It might've been a smoother read if it had followed a time-line instead of proceeding in a looser form. It's also a book of its time (the early 70's) and conditions have improved in many of the situations Galeano describes - because of his writings in part."
"One of the most original works of political economy. The author confessed in an interview that he does not write history, but memories. Rightly so. Galeano elaborates to the reader the system of debt and credit that has strangled Latin America for the past 500 years, in all its historical variants. He illuminates the relationship between development and underdevelopment throughout the history of the people's of America. Galeano does not try to keep up appearances of neutrality to his reader, like many contemporary political commentators do. He takes side: that of the exploitated, opressed and impoverished people's of his America.
Anyone expecting a typical work of political economy: you are not going to get it. This book has more resemblance to a novel than the economic works of Marx that have undoubtedly inspired Galeano. This is a unique approach to writing history."
"A real taste of history and the history of Latin America. It is written honestly and it is well written. You think you know history but oh, the details. Learn about why Latin America struggles so much. I will read all of Eduardo Galeano's books. They also come in English."
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