The Resource Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000, Marcelo Bucheli
Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000, Marcelo Bucheli
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- Summary
- For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an overwhelmingly powerful corporation that shaped and often exploited its host countries. In this first history of the UFCO in Colombia, Marcelo Bucheli argues that the UFCO's image as an all-powerful force in determining national politics needs to be reconsidered. Using a previously unexplored source--the internal archives of Colombia's UFCO operation--Bucheli reveals that before 1930, the UFCO worked alongside a business-friendly government that granted it generous concessions and repressed labor unionism. After 1930, however, the country experienced dramatic transformations including growing nationalism, a stronger labor movement, and increasing demands by local elites for higher stakes in the banana export business.In response to these circumstances, the company abandoned production, selling its plantations (and labor conflicts) to local growers, while transforming itself into a marketing company. The shift was endorsed by the company's shareholders and financial analysts, who preferred lower profits with lower risks, and came at a time in which the demand for bananas was decreasing in America. Importantly, Bucheli shows that the effect of foreign direct investment was not unidirectional. Instead, the agency of local actors affected corporate strategy, just as the UFCO also transformed local politics and society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- From hotel luxury suites to working-class lunchboxes
- The United Fruit Company in Latin America: business strategies in a changing environment
- The United Fruit Company and local politics in Colombia
- The Labor conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s
- Nobody's triumph: labor unionism in Magdalena after World War II
- The United Fruit Company's relationship with local planters in Colombia
- Isbn
- 9781479838226
- Label
- Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
- Title
- Bananas and business
- Title remainder
- the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000
- Statement of responsibility
- Marcelo Bucheli
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | General
- Banana trade
- Banana trade -- Colombia | Magdalena (Department) -- History -- 20th century
- Banana trade -- Colombia | Urabá, Gulf of, Region -- History -- 20th century
- Banane -- Commerce -- Colombie | Magdalena (Département) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Banane -- Commerce -- Colombie | Urabá, Région du golfe d' -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Bananenhandel
- Colombia -- Magdalena (Department)
- Colombie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
- Electronic books
- Fruitteelt
- Geschichte 1899-2000
- History
- Kolumbien
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company -- Histoire
- United Fruit Company -- History
- Exportondernemingen
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an overwhelmingly powerful corporation that shaped and often exploited its host countries. In this first history of the UFCO in Colombia, Marcelo Bucheli argues that the UFCO's image as an all-powerful force in determining national politics needs to be reconsidered. Using a previously unexplored source--the internal archives of Colombia's UFCO operation--Bucheli reveals that before 1930, the UFCO worked alongside a business-friendly government that granted it generous concessions and repressed labor unionism. After 1930, however, the country experienced dramatic transformations including growing nationalism, a stronger labor movement, and increasing demands by local elites for higher stakes in the banana export business.In response to these circumstances, the company abandoned production, selling its plantations (and labor conflicts) to local growers, while transforming itself into a marketing company. The shift was endorsed by the company's shareholders and financial analysts, who preferred lower profits with lower risks, and came at a time in which the demand for bananas was decreasing in America. Importantly, Bucheli shows that the effect of foreign direct investment was not unidirectional. Instead, the agency of local actors affected corporate strategy, just as the UFCO also transformed local politics and society
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bucheli, Marcelo
- Dewey number
- 338.7/634772/098610904
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HD9259.B3
- LC item number
- C7228 2005eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- HD9259.B3
- NAL item number
- C7228 2005
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United Fruit Company
- Banana trade
- Banana trade
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company
- Banane
- Banane
- Colombie
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Banana trade
- Colombia
- Bananenhandel
- Kolumbien
- Fruitteelt
- Exportondernemingen
- Geschichte 1899-2000
- Label
- Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000, Marcelo Bucheli
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From hotel luxury suites to working-class lunchboxes -- The United Fruit Company in Latin America: business strategies in a changing environment -- The United Fruit Company and local politics in Colombia -- The Labor conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s -- Nobody's triumph: labor unionism in Magdalena after World War II -- The United Fruit Company's relationship with local planters in Colombia
- Control code
- 911616752
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781479838226
- Lccn
- 2004017316
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1523qjr
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911616752
- Label
- Bananas and business : the United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000, Marcelo Bucheli
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From hotel luxury suites to working-class lunchboxes -- The United Fruit Company in Latin America: business strategies in a changing environment -- The United Fruit Company and local politics in Colombia -- The Labor conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s -- Nobody's triumph: labor unionism in Magdalena after World War II -- The United Fruit Company's relationship with local planters in Colombia
- Control code
- 911616752
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781479838226
- Lccn
- 2004017316
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1523qjr
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911616752
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | General
- Banana trade
- Banana trade -- Colombia | Magdalena (Department) -- History -- 20th century
- Banana trade -- Colombia | Urabá, Gulf of, Region -- History -- 20th century
- Banane -- Commerce -- Colombie | Magdalena (Département) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Banane -- Commerce -- Colombie | Urabá, Région du golfe d' -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Bananenhandel
- Colombia -- Magdalena (Department)
- Colombie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
- Electronic books
- Fruitteelt
- Geschichte 1899-2000
- History
- Kolumbien
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company
- United Fruit Company -- Histoire
- United Fruit Company -- History
- Exportondernemingen
- 1900-1999
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