The business of empire [electronic resource] : United Fruit, race, and U.S. expansion in Central America / Jason M. Colby

Author: Colby, Jason M. (Jason Michael), 1974-
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Physical Description: xi, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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United States in the world

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Contents

Enterprise and expansion, 1848-1885 -- Joining the imperial world, 1885-1904 -- Corporate colonialism, 1904-1912 -- Divided workers, 1912-1921 -- The rise of Hispanic nationalism, 1921-1929 -- Reframing the empire, 1929-1940.

Subject(s)

United Fruit Company—History
Industrial relations—Central America—History
Central America—Foreign relations—United States
United States—Foreign relations—Central America
Central America—Commerce—United States—History
United States—Commerce—Central America—History
Central America—Race relations—History

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ISBN

9780801449154 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801449154 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801462726 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references(p.[239]-264) and index.

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