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Book SynopsisFor well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Using a previously unexplored source - the internal archives of Colombia's UFCO operation - Bucheli examines the company.
Trade ReviewBananas and Business covers such new ground, both in its postwar history of Columbia and in its analysis of UFCs managerial dicision making, that Bucheli does not need the straw man he laboriously dismantles. -- Ian William Read,Stanford University
Of interest not only to students of Latin American history, but also to those concerned with how large US companies function when they invest heavily in developing countries. * Choice *
A significant contribution to a growing body of scholarship. * Journal of Latin American Studies *
Buchelis narrative is theoretically informed . . . This book deserves consideration by groups of specialists who do not necessarily overlap: business historians, Latin America specialists, and international business scholars. * Economic History Society *
A clearly written analysis that takes into account the international context in which the company operated, its characteristics as a business enterprise, and its relationship with banana workers, local entrepreneurs, and regional governments in two key banana zones. * The Journal of American History *
