The banana empires, trade wars, and globalization / James Wiley.

Author/creator Wiley, James
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press,
Descriptionxxv, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAt table
At table series. ^A696946
Contents The creation of the banana empire, 1900-1930 -- The empire challenged, 1930-74 -- The end of splendid isolation, 1974-93 -- Peasant farmer societies : commonwealth Caribbean bananas -- Belize, Suriname, and the French West Indies : on the margins of the Caribbean -- The single European market and the Western Hemisphere's Banana industries -- Neocolonialism encounters the free trade imperative -- The World Trade Organization and the banana trade -- The U.S.-EU banana war heats up -- Pursuit of an elusive goal -- Implications for the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index.
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LCCN 2007042152
ISBN9780803215771 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803215770 (cloth : alk. paper)