Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Galeano traces these veins 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. The various facets of Latin American history organised according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. The book has sold over a million copies and been translated into over a dozen languages. 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. Open Veins illustrates Latin Americas resistance literature of the twentieth century, characterized by opposition to imperialism and a heightened Pan-American sentiment. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes.
Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. 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. 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. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organised the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation.
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