Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism /
Martin, James W., 1972-
Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism / James W. Martin. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
This study of the United Fruit Company shows how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.
9780826359438
2017035240
United Fruit Company.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Latin America.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Caribbean Area.
Corporations--Political aspects--United States.
Imperialism--Economic aspects.
Electronic Books.
HD9259 / .B363 2018
Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism / James W. Martin. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
This study of the United Fruit Company shows how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.
9780826359438
2017035240
United Fruit Company.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Latin America.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Caribbean Area.
Corporations--Political aspects--United States.
Imperialism--Economic aspects.
Electronic Books.
HD9259 / .B363 2018