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Author Chapman, Peter, 1948-

Title Jungle capitalists : a story of globalisation, greed and revolution / Peter Chapman
Published Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Canongate, 2007

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 MELB  338.174772098 Cha/Jca  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Contents 1 From the memory of men -- 2 Lament for a dying fruit -- 3 Roots of empire -- 4 Monopoly -- 5 The banana man -- 6 Taming the enclave -- 7 Banana republics -- 8 On the inside -- 9 Coup -- 10 'Betrayal' -- 11 Decline and fall -- 12 Old and dark forces -- Epilogue : united fruit world
Summary "In this book, Peter Chapman shows how the pioneering example of the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized greed of today's multinational companies." "The story has its source in United Fruit's nineteenth-century beginnings in the jungles of Costa Rica. What follows is a damning examination of the company's policies: from the marketing of the banana as the first fast food, to the company's involvement in an invasion of Honduras, a massacre in Colombia and a bloody coup in Guatemala. Along the way the company fostered covert links with US power brokers such as Richard Nixon and CIA operative Howard Hunt, manipulated the press in new ways (that later backfired) and stoked the revolutionary ire of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro." "Chapman weaves a tale of big business, deceit and lies to show how one company wreaked irrevocable havoc in the 'banana republics' of Central America."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Illustrations on lining papers
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography : pages 211-215
Subject United Fruit Company.
United Fruit Company -- History.
United Fruit Company -- Corrupt practices.
Banana trade -- South America -- History.
Banana trade -- Political aspects -- South America.
International business enterprises -- Corrupt practices.
Globalization.
SUBJECT South America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125536
South America -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125528
South America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125524 -- Commerce. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412
ISBN 9781841959092 hardback
184195909X hardback