Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000 / Marcelo Bucheli.

Author/creator Bucheli, Marcelo
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
United Fruit Company--History.
Banana trade--Colombia. --Magdalena (Department). --History. --20th century.
Banana trade--Colombia. --Urabá, Gulf of, Region. --History. --20th century.

Contents From hotel luxury suites to working-class lunchboxes -- The United Fruit Company in Latin America: business strategies in a changing environment -- The United Fruit Company and local politics in Colombia -- The labor conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s -- Nobody's triumph: labor unionism in Magdalena after World War II -- The United Fruit Company's relationship with local planters in Colombia -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.
LCCN 2004017316
ISBN0814799345 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HD9259.B3 C7228 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold