Palmer explained to Schroder , United wanted to maintain control of the railroad : " We want protection for [ the ] future and believe you can assist in affording this at the same time accomplishing for yourselves two great advantages ...
The Great White Fleet
The 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.
From its early beginnings in Southeast Asia, to the machinations of the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica and Central America, the banana's history and its fate as a victim of fungus are explored.
Tracking the Local Dragon
Over the last two decades, significant economic policy changes were implemented in Ecuador which were designed to integrate the country into the international trade regime and promote economic development. The...