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OverviewThe iconic American banana man of the early twentieth century--the white ""banana cowboy"" pushing the edges of a tropical frontier--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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James W. MartinPublisher: University of New Mexico Press Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780826363909ISBN 10: 0826363903 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 30 May 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsMartin's readable and well-documented study reveals that the United Fruit Company was a major actor in the process of internationalization a century ago. . . . A special variant of cowboy mythology and the reassertion of the frontier mentality are prominent in the author's explanation of this crucial phase in United States expansion in Central America and the Caribbean.--John Britton, author of Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New International Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903 Author InformationJames W. Martin is an associate professor of Latin American studies at Montana State University in Bozeman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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