| The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lester, David (Editor), Smith, Jean (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1894037308 ISBN-13: 9781894037303 Publisher: Arp Books OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: A beautiful book full of hard numbers. Located at the intersection of the statistical and the artistic, this catalog of corporate horrors?poverty, exploitation, and injustice?is a damning indictment of capitalism created with both love and rage. One in five American children live in poverty. One hundred, thirty-five million of the world's women and girls have undergone genital mutilation. In Bangladesh, an estimated 500,000 people are slaves. The amount of money spent on ice cream in Europe would be enough to provide reproductive health for all women in developing countries.....unfortunately, there's a lot more to learn. Illustrated by the author and with an introduction by his Mecca Normal band-mate Jean Smith. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Statistics - Political Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 339.202 |
| Series: Semaphore |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.23" W x 7.05" (0.28 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this second edition, David Lester supplements his original concise and understaded, yet politically and socially potent catalogue of the injustices of capitalist ideology on the world's indigent people, and the devastating environmental consequences of industrialization. Contains new, reliably sourced gruesome statistical facts about the harsh reality of capitalism's impact on the world that will appall, inspire, and incite. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lester, David: - David Lester is an illustrator, graphic designer, and zine artist whose work has appeared in publications including Broken Pencil, Geist Magazine, and Time Out (London). He is a guitarist for the underground rock duo Mecca Normal. |