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The Banana Men
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Author : Lester D. Langley
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
The Banana Men written by Lester D. Langley and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with History categories.
Ambitious entrepreneurs, isthmian politicians, and mercenaries who dramatically altered Central America's political culture, economies, and even its traditional social values populate this lively story of a generation of North and Central Americans and their roles in the transformation of Central America from the late nineteenth century until the onset of the Depression. The Banana Men is a study of modernization, its benefits, and its often frightful costs. The colorful characters in this study are fascinating, if not always admirable. Sam "the Banana Man" Zemurray, a Bessarabian Jewish immigrant, made a fortune in Honduran bananas after he got into the business of "revolutin," and his exploits are now legendary. His hired mercenary Lee Christmas, a bellicose Mississippian, made a reputation in Honduras as a man who could use a weapon. The supporting cast includes Minor Keith, a railroad builder and banana baron; Manuel Bonilla, the Honduran mulatto whose cause Zemurray subsidized; and Jose Santos Zelaya, who ruled Nicaragua from 1893 to 1910. The political and social turmoil of the modern Central America cannot be understood without reference to the fifty-year epoch in which the United States imposed its political and economic influence on vulnerable Central American societies. The predicament of Central Americans today, as isthmian peoples know, is rooted in their past, and North Americans have had a great deal to do with the shaping of their history, for better or worse.
The Banana Men
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Author : Max Catto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Banana Men written by Max Catto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Banana Men
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Author : Lester D. Langley
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
The Banana Men written by Lester D. Langley and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with History categories.
“An engaging and fascinating narrative of the entrepreneurs and mercenaries who ‘ravished’ Central America between 1880 and 1930.” —The Americas Ambitious entrepreneurs, isthmian politicians, and mercenaries who dramatically altered Central America’s political culture, economies, and even its traditional social values populate this lively story of a generation of North and Central Americans and their roles in the transformation of Central America from the late nineteenth century until the onset of the Depression. The Banana Men is a study of modernization, its benefits, and its often frightful costs. The colorful characters in this study are fascinating, if not always admirable. Sam “the Banana Man” Zemurray, a Bessarabian Jewish immigrant, made a fortune in Honduran bananas after he got into the business of “revolutin,” and his exploits are now legendary. His hired mercenary Lee Christmas, a bellicose Mississippian, made a reputation in Honduras as a man who could use a weapon. The supporting cast includes Minor Keith, a railroad builder and banana baron; Manuel Bonilla, the Honduran whose cause Zemurray subsidized; and Jose Santos Zelaya, who ruled Nicaragua from 1893 to 1910. The political and social turmoil of modern Central America cannot be understood without reference to the fifty-year epoch in which the United States imposed its political and economic influence on vulnerable Central American societies. The predicament of Central Americans today, as isthmian peoples know, is rooted in their past, and North Americans have had a great deal to do with the shaping of their history, for better or worse. “Recounts incredible stories within the framework of social imperialism and dependency theory.” —Latin American Research Review
When Banana Was King
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Author : Leslie Gordon Goffe
language : en
Publisher: Lmh Pub
Release Date : 2007-09-01
When Banana Was King written by Leslie Gordon Goffe and has been published by Lmh Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Banana Was King looks at a time when Jamaicans battled Americans for control of the billion-dollar banana trade. They battled in boardrooms and battled on wharves with knives and guns over the tasty, strangely shaped fruit. The most controversial of the banana men back then was Jamaican, A.C. Goffe. Love him or hate him, A.C. Goffe was, an observer noted, one of the Jamaicans who "crossed the Frontiers, put Jamaica beyond the pale of the primitive and brought the country into modern trade, commerce and business."
Madrigal
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Author : John Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Corgi
Release Date : 1967
Madrigal written by John Gardner and has been published by Corgi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Oakes, Boysie (Fictitious character) categories.
The Banana Leaf Men Reprint
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Author : Aneeta Sundararaj
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2014-11-04
The Banana Leaf Men Reprint written by Aneeta Sundararaj and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with categories.
Feisty, independent and highly intelligent, Tika, having reached the watershed of her thirtieth birthday, agrees to submit to the pressure from the formidable Institution of the Aunties, and agrees to an arranged marriage. She endures a succession of repulsive, chauvinistic, self-important suitors in this compelling, humourous and poignant story of the clash of cultures in that rich curry-pot of races and social mores that is modern Malaysia. The novel has great charm and relevance in a world hurtling towards globalisation. Tika's journey has a surprising resolution (by Anna Abbott)
Banana Bird And The Snake Men
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Author : Percy Trezise
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Banana Bird And The Snake Men written by Percy Trezise and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Aboriginal Australians categories.
An aboriginal myth about how the bird men outwitted the snake men.
The Banana Leaf Men
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Author : Aneeta Sundararaj
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Banana Leaf Men written by Aneeta Sundararaj and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Arranged marriage categories.
The Banana
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Author : James Wiley
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2008
The Banana written by James Wiley and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Banana demystifies the banana trade and its path toward globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade and assesses the roles of such major players as the European Union and the World Trade Organization. It also analyzes the forces driving today's economy, such as the competitiveness imperative, diversification processes, and niche market strategies. Its final chapter suggests how the outcome of the recent banana war will affect bananas and trade in other commodities sectors as well.
Banana Cultures
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Author : John Soluri
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2021-03-09
Banana Cultures written by John Soluri and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with History categories.
Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores—everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates agroecology, anthropology, political economy, and history to trace the symbiotic growth of the export banana industry in Honduras and the consumer mass market in the United States. Beginning in the 1870s, when bananas first appeared in the U.S. marketplace, Soluri examines the tensions between the small-scale growers, who dominated the trade in the early years, and the shippers. He then shows how rising demand led to changes in production that resulted in the formation of major agribusinesses, spawned international migrations, and transformed great swaths of the Honduran environment into monocultures susceptible to plant disease epidemics that in turn changed Central American livelihoods. Soluri also looks at labor practices and workers' lives, changing gender roles on the banana plantations, the effects of pesticides on the Honduran environment and people, and the mass marketing of bananas to consumers in the United States. His multifaceted account of a century of banana production and consumption adds an important chapter to the history of Honduras, as well as to the larger history of globalization and its effects on rural peoples, local economies, and biodiversity.