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Author Chapman, Peter, 1948-

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

Imprint Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  338.174772 C367b 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st American ed.
Description xv, 224 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Note Originally published as: Jungle capitalists.
Map on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.
Summary In this exploration of corporate maneuvering and subterfuge, journalist Chapman shows how the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized power and influence of today's multinational companies. This infamous company was arguably the most controversial global corporation ever--from the jungles of Costa Rica to the dramatic suicide of its CEO, who leapt from an office on the 44th floor of the Pan Am building in New York City. From the marketing of the banana as the first fast food, to the company's involvement in an invasion of Honduras, the Bay of Pigs crisis, and a bloody coup in Guatemala, Chapman weaves a tale of big business, political deceit, and outright violence to show how one company wreaked havoc in the "banana republics" of Central America, and how terrifyingly similar the age of United Fruit is to our age of rapid globalization.--From publisher description.
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.
Subject United Fruit Company -- History.
United Fruit Company -- Corrupt practices.
Banana trade -- Central America -- History.
Bananas -- Social aspects.
International business enterprises -- Corrupt practices.
Central America -- History -- 1951-1979.
Added Author Chapman, Peter, 1948- Jungle capitalists.
ISBN 9781841958811 : $24.00
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