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The iconic American banana man of the early twentieth century was the product of the corporate colonialism embodied by the United Fruit Company. This study of the United Fruit Company shows how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Ways of Living, Ways of Knowing
  • Chapter One. From Scramblers for Fruit to Banana Empire, 1870-1930
  • Chapter Two. Tropical Vexations
  • Chapter Three. Corporate Welfarism Meets the Tropics
  • Chapter Four. Wandering Foci of Infection
  • Chapter Five. Becoming Banana Cowboys
  • Chapter Six. Serving Science on the Side
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: 5/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826363909, 978-0826363909
      ISBN10: 0826363903

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The iconic American banana man of the early twentieth century was the product of the corporate colonialism embodied by the United Fruit Company. This study of the United Fruit Company shows how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction. Ways of Living, Ways of Knowing
      • Chapter One. From Scramblers for Fruit to Banana Empire, 1870-1930
      • Chapter Two. Tropical Vexations
      • Chapter Three. Corporate Welfarism Meets the Tropics
      • Chapter Four. Wandering Foci of Infection
      • Chapter Five. Becoming Banana Cowboys
      • Chapter Six. Serving Science on the Side
      • Conclusion
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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