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Author Chapman, Peter, 1948-

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

Publication Info. Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  338.1 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.1 C36    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  338.1 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  338.1 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  338.1 CHAPMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xv, 224 pages : map ; 21 cm
Note Originally published as: Jungle capitalists.
Map on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.
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 Title Jungle capitalists
ISBN 9781841958811: $24.00
1841958816: $24.00
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