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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.'
Hardcover:
9781841958811, titled "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World" | Canongate Books Ltd, January 21, 2008, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: 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:
9781847671943, titled "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World" | Reprint edition (Canongate Books Ltd, July 8, 2009), cover price $14.00
Shows how the example of the banana importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized greed of multinational companies. This book tells the tale of big business, lies and power to show how United Fruit pioneered the growth of globalization and - in doing so - has helped farm the banana to the point of extinction.
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9781847670984 | Canongate Books Ltd, January 24, 2008, cover price $15.20 | About this edition: Shows how the example of the banana importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized greed of multinational companies.
Hardcover:
9780822331599 | Duke Univ Pr, December 1, 2003, cover price $94.95
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9780822331964 | Duke Univ Pr, December 1, 2003, cover price $25.95
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