TY - BOOK AU - Chapman, Peter. TI - Bananas: how the United Fruit Company shaped the world SN - 1841958816 AV - HD9259.B3 U523 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Edinburgh, New York, [Berkeley, Calif.?] PB - Canongate, Distributed by Publishers Group West KW - United Fruit Company KW - History KW - Corrupt practices KW - Banana trade KW - Central America KW - Bananas KW - Social aspects KW - International business enterprises KW - 1951-1979 N1 - Originally published as: Jungle capitalists; Map on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index; From the memory of men -- Lament for a dying fruit -- Roots of empire -- Monopoly -- The banana man -- Taming the enclave -- Banana republics -- On the inside -- Coup -- 'Betrayal' -- Decline and fall -- Old and dark forces -- Epilogue: United fruit world ER -