EMPIRE IN GREEN AND GOLD

by Charles Morrow Wilson ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 24, 1946

Another institutional biography- this is the story of the development of banana agriculture in Central America and the Carribean from the early days of bartering by Cape Cod skippers to the highly organized monopoly of the United Fruit Company. From a primitive and hasardous start a century ago, the banana trade was given its first impetus by Minor Keith primarily in order to develop his railroad interests in Central America. Then came Captain Lorenzo Baker's exploitation of bananas as a profitable cargo for his Yankee ships and Andrew Preston's Boston Fruit (later United Fruit Company),- its standardizing, planning, foreign investment, expansion, scientific developments which have made bananas a common fruit on American tables. An extensive pedestrian work, of limited interest to a defined field.

Pub Date: March 24, 1946

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1946

Categories: NONFICTION