Nostromo | Social Concerns
Capitalism as it corrupts the volatile republics of South America, which were established with the demise of the Spanish Empire, forms the basis of a social criticism in Nostromo that encompasses a host of social concerns. Conrad's first extended venture into the political world, Nostromo captures a spirit of political upheaval and revolution. Conrad explores the effects of counterrevolution, national policy, political corruption, and armed insurgency on the lives of the wealthy hidalgos, the new economic imperialists, the workers and the poor, and the assorted Europeans...
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