Doing Business with the Dictators: A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944
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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 Guatemala's largest private landowner and biggest employer. In Doing Business with the Dictators, Paul J. Dosal shows how UFCO built up a profitable corporation in a country whose...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0842024751
ISBN13:9780842024754
Release Date:July 1993
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:1 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"
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