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Bucheli, Marcelo.

Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000 / Marcelo Bucheli. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - xi, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.

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.

ISBN: 0814799345 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814799345 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004017316

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA484312 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013046366 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United Fruit Company--History.
United Fruit Company--Histoire.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Banana trade--History--Colombia--Magdalena (Dept.)--20th century.
Banana trade--History--Colombia--Urabâa, Gulf of, Region--20th century.
Fruitteelt.
Exportondernemingen.
Banane--Commerce--Histoire--Colombie--Magdalena (Département)--20e siécle.
Banane--Commerce--Histoire--Colombie--Urabá, Région du golfe d'--20e siécle.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Colombie--Politique et gouvernement--20e siáecle.

LC Class. No.: 1erAPT1erB919b 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/634772/098610904

National Agricultural Library Call No.: HD9259.B3 / C7228 2005