Doing Business with the Dictators: A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944

Contributor(s): Dosal, Paul J (Author)

ISBN: 9780842025904

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Binding Types:

Paperback

$48.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$61.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$60.70 (100+ copies: $59.95)

List/retail price:

$48.95

Pub Date: September 1, 1995

Dewey: 338.7634772

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.83" H x 8.95" L x 6.01" W ( 0.96 lbs) 4 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Latin American Silhouettes

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The United Fruit Company (UFCO) developed an unprecedented relationship with Guatemala in the first half of this century. By 1944, UFCO owned 566,000 acres, employed 20,000 people, and operated 96% of Guatemala's 719 miles of railroad, making the multinational corporation Guat...

Review Quotes:

"The book is an absolute must for those interested in the region. It has solid footnotes, a good bibliography, and a workable index." --Choice Reviews

"Sheds important light on U.S. economic penetration of Latin America in the first half of this century." --Booklist

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