Authors: Eduardo Galeano
Table of Contents
ORIGIN OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR
THE KING WHO WANTED TO LIVE FOREVER
ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN IMMORTALITY
THE EMPEROR WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO BUILDING HIS DEATH
VICTORIOUS SUN, MOON VANQUISHED
WHEN THE LIVER WAS THE HOME OF THE SOUL
ORIGIN OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
SLAVERY ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS OF PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS
THE POET WHO POKED FUN AT ROME
THE LOOKING-GLASS WORLD MOCKED THE REAL ONE
THE LITTLE CRUSADE AGAINST DOLCINO
SAINTS PORTRAY THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE
A FEUDAL LADY EXPLAINS HOW TO CARE FOR EARTHLY GOODS
A FEUDAL LORD EXPLAINS HOW TO CARE FOR THE PEASANTS
SAINTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES PRACTICED MEDICINE ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE
WHAT DID THE CHINESE NOT INVENT?
THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THIS WORLD LIVED IN THE OTHER
ORIGIN OF BACTERIOLOGICAL WARFARE
PALACE ART IN THE MAYAN KINGDOMS
RECORD OF THE DEVIL’S CONFESSION
DANGEROUS CORNERS OF THE CARIBBEAN
THIS EXECRABLE CREW OF BUTCHERS
BRIEF HISTORY OF TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPE
FIRST SLAVE REBELLION IN AMERICA
DEATH TO TEA, LONG LIVE COFFEE
A PROLOGUE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
ADVENTURES OF THE MIND IN DARK TIMES
ORIGIN OF FREEDOM OF OPPRESSION