false 2102113 2 In this gripping exploration of corporate manuevering and subterfuge, Peter Chapman shows how the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized power and influence of today's multinational companies. <i>Bananas!</i> is a sharp and lively account of the rise and fall of this infamous company, arguably the most controversial global corporation ever &#8211; from the jungles of Costa Rica to the dramatic suicide of its CEO, who leapt from an office on the forty-fourth floor of the Pan Am building in New York City. From the marketing of the banana as the first fast food, to the company&#8217;s involvement in an invasion of Honduras, the Bay of Pigs crisis, and a bloody coup in Guatemala, Chapman weaves a dramatic tale of big business, political deceit, and outright violence to show how one company wreaked havoc in the &#8220;banana republics&#8221; of Central America, and how terrifyingly similar the age of United Fruit is to our age of rapid globalization.</div> 2107477 21 1 2008 Bananas!: How The United Fruit Company Shaped the World total:101|5:5|4:39|3:43|2:12|1:2| 101 336 245 33 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:56:26 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 18:09:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 07 08:49:12 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 08:52:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 09:08:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 09:33:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 14 12:29:46 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 19 09:06:25 -0700 2009 The Octopus, United Fruit, and how it shaped politics, foreign policy, and finance in the US and across Latin America. Chapman covers the beast from its inception until its death when Eli Black jumped out the forty-fourth floor of the Pan Am building in New York.
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