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.
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United Fruit Company--History. United Fruit Company--Corrupt practices.
Banana trade--History.--Central America Bananas--Social aspects. International business enterprises--Corrupt practices.