Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world /
Chapman, Peter.
Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world / Jungle capitalists Peter Chapman. - 1st American ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Canongate ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007. - xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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."
9781841958811 1841958816
United Fruit Company--History.
United Fruit Company--Corrupt practices.
Banana trade--History.--South America
Banana trade--Political aspects--South America.
International business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Globalization.
South America--Politics and government.
South America--Economic conditions.
South America--Commerce.
338.7/634772098 338.7
Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world / Jungle capitalists Peter Chapman. - 1st American ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Canongate ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007. - xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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."
9781841958811 1841958816
United Fruit Company--History.
United Fruit Company--Corrupt practices.
Banana trade--History.--South America
Banana trade--Political aspects--South America.
International business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Globalization.
South America--Politics and government.
South America--Economic conditions.
South America--Commerce.
338.7/634772098 338.7