Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000 /

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For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an overwhelm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bucheli, Marcelo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
United Fruit Company > History.
United Fruit Company > Histoire.
United Fruit Company.
United Fruit Company
1900-1999
Banana trade > Colombia > Magdalena (Department) > History > 20th century.
Banana trade > Colombia > Urabá, Gulf of, Region > History > 20th century.
Banane > Commerce > Colombie > Magdalena (Département) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Banane > Commerce > Colombie > Urabá, Région du golfe d' > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Politics and government.
Banana trade.
Bananenhandel
Fruitteelt.
Exportondernemingen.
Geschichte 1899-2000.
Colombia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Colombie > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Colombia.
Colombia > Magdalena (Department)
Kolumbien
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From hotel luxury suites to working-class lunchboxes
  • The United Fruit Company in Latin America: business strategies in a changing environment
  • The United Fruit Company and local politics in Colombia
  • The Labor conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s
  • Nobody's triumph: labor unionism in Magdalena after World War II
  • The United Fruit Company's relationship with local planters in Colombia.

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