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Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism / James W. Martin.
Lippincott Library HD9259.B3 U547 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, James W., 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism--Economic aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Corporations--Political aspects.
- Corporations.
- Banana trade.
- United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Latin America.
- United Fruit Company.
- Banana trade--Political aspects--Latin America.
- Banana trade--Political aspects--Caribbean Area.
- Corporations--Political aspects--United States.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction: ways of living, ways of knowing
- From scramblers for fruit to banana empire, 1870-1930
- Tropical vexations
- Corporate welfarism meets the tropics
- Wandering foci of infection
- Becoming banana cowboys
- Serving science on the side
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Martin, James W., 1972- Banana cowboys.
- ISBN:
- 9780826359421
- 0826359426
- OCLC:
- 994296587
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