The Locator -- [(subject = "Corporations--Political aspects--United States")]

14 records matched your query       

Record 3 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Martin, James W., 1972- author.
Title:
Banana cowboys : the United Fruit Company and the culture of corporate colonialism / James W. Martin.
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
United Fruit Company.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Latin America.
Banana trade--Political aspects--Caribbean Area.
Corporations--Political aspects--United States.
Imperialism--Economic aspects.
United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0826359426
9780826359421
OCLC:
(OCoLC)994296587
LCCN:
2017019123
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.