Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world /
Chapman, Peter.
Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world / Peter Chapman. - 1st American ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Canongate ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007. - xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Originally published as: Jungle capitalists 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.
1841958816
2734445
United Fruit Company--History.
United Fruit Company--Corrupt practices.
Banana trade--History.--Central America
Bananas--Social aspects.
International business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Central America--History--1951-1979.
HD9259.B3 / U523 2007
Bananas : how the United Fruit Company shaped the world / Peter Chapman. - 1st American ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : [Berkeley, Calif.?] : Canongate ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007. - xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Originally published as: Jungle capitalists 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.
1841958816
2734445
United Fruit Company--History.
United Fruit Company--Corrupt practices.
Banana trade--History.--Central America
Bananas--Social aspects.
International business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Central America--History--1951-1979.
HD9259.B3 / U523 2007