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BL
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| Record Number
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702225
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b524414
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| Main Entry
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Wiley, James
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| Title & Author
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The banana : : empires, trade wars, and globalization /\ James Wiley
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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At table
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| Page. NO
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xxv, 278 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0803215770 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780803215771 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index
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| Contents
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The creation of the banana empire, 1900-1930 -- The empire challenged, 1930-74 -- The end of splendid isolation, 1974-93 -- Peasant farmer societies : commonwealth Caribbean bananas -- Belize, Suriname, and the French West Indies : on the margins of the Caribbean -- The single European market and the Western Hemisphere's Banana industries -- Neocolonialism encounters the free trade imperative -- The World Trade Organization and the banana trade -- The U.S.-EU banana war heats up -- Pursuit of an elusive goal -- Implications for the future
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| Abstract
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'The Banana' demystifies the banana trade and its path towards globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade, and assesses the roles of such major players as the EU and the WTO
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| Subject
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Banana trade
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Banana trade-- Caribbean Area
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Banana trade-- Latin America
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| LC Classification
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HD9259.B2W52 2008
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HD9259.B2W52 2008
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