The Banana: Empires, Trade Wars, and Globalization

by James Wiley

Book Overview

The banana is the world's most important fresh fruit commodity. Little more than a century old, the global banana industry began in the late 1880s as a result of technological advances such as refrigerated shipping, which facilitated the transportation of this highly perishable good to distant markets. Since its inception the banana industry has been fraught with controversy, exhibiting many of the issues underlying the basic global economic relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803232853
• ISBN13: 9780803232853
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"