The banana : empires, trade wars, and globalization
Title:
The banana : empires, trade wars, and globalization
Author:
Wiley, James
ISBN:
9780803215771
Publication Information:
London [etc.] : University of Nebraska Press, 2008
Physical Description:
xxv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series:
At table series
Series Title:
At table series
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
The creation of the banana empire, 1900-1930 -- The empire challenged, 1930-74 -- The end of splendid isolation, 1974-93 -- Peasant farmer societies : commonwealth Caribbean bananas -- Belize, Suriname, and the French West Indies : on the margins of the Caribbean -- The single European market and the Western Hemisphere’s Banana industries -- Neocolonialism encounters the free trade imperative -- The World Trade Organization and the banana trade -- The U.S.-EU banana war heats up -- Pursuit of an elusive goal -- Implications for the future.
Subject:
| Banana trade |
| Banana trade -- Latin America |
| Banana trade -- Caribbean Area |