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Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Publication date
January 21, 2008
Pages
224
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781841958811
ISBN-10
1841958816
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$24.00
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
From its niineteenth-century origins, to its rise to success via the mass-marketing of the banana as the original fast food and its links to the U.S. government, an account of the rise and fall of United Fruit Company shows how the corporation blazed the trail of global capitalism while documenting its devastating impact on Central America's 'banana republics.'
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Hardcover
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from Canongate Books Ltd (January 21, 2008); titled "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World"
9781841958811 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $24.00
About: From its niineteenth-century origins, to its rise to success via the mass-marketing of the banana as the original fast food and its links to the U.
About: From its niineteenth-century origins, to its rise to success via the mass-marketing of the banana as the original fast food and its links to the U.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Canongate Books Ltd (July 8, 2009); titled "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World"
9781847671943 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $14.00
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