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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiley, James.

Series:

At table series.

At table

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banana trade.

Banana trade--Latin America.

Banana trade--Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Banana demystifies the banana trade and its path toward globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade and assesses the roles of such major players as the European Union and the World Trade Organization. It also analyzes the forces driving today's economy, such as the competitiveness imperative, diversification processes, and niche market strategies. Its final chapter suggests how the outcome of the recent banana war will affect bananas and trade in other commodities sectors as well.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index.

ISBN:

9786611241322

9781281241320

1281241326

9780803216372

0803216378

OCLC:

476135438