Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world / Peter Chapman.

By: Chapman, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh ; New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Canongate ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cmISBN: 9781841958811; 1841958816Other title: Jungle capitalistsSubject(s): United Fruit Company -- History | United Fruit Company -- Corrupt practices | Banana trade -- South America -- History | Banana trade -- Political aspects -- South America | International business enterprises -- Corrupt practices | Globalization | South America -- Politics and government | South America -- Economic conditions | South America -- CommerceDDC classification: 338.7/634772098 | 338.7
Contents:
From the memory of men -- Lament for a dying fruit -- Roots of empire -- Monopoly -- The banana man -- Taming the enclave -- Banana republics -- On the inside -- Coup -- 'Betrayal' -- Decline and fall -- Old and dark forces -- Epilogue: United fruit world.
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of United Fruit Company, documenting how the corporation blazed the trail of global capitalism and describing its devasting impact on Central America's "banana republics."
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Reprint. Originally published: Jungle capitalists. 2007.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.

From the memory of men -- Lament for a dying fruit -- Roots of empire -- Monopoly -- The banana man -- Taming the enclave -- Banana republics -- On the inside -- Coup -- 'Betrayal' -- Decline and fall -- Old and dark forces -- Epilogue: United fruit world.

Chronicles the rise and fall of United Fruit Company, documenting how the corporation blazed the trail of global capitalism and describing its devasting impact on Central America's "banana republics."

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