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Bookmark or Share- 1920-1930 - United Fruit Company1920-1930 - United Fruit Company. 1920. 1930. The period after WWI brought a significant increase in Labor demand and supply for the United Fruit Company, particularly in Cuba. The company’s expansion across South America and the Caribbean meant the allocation of more acres of land and thus the increased need for labor.
- United Fruit Company - WikipediaThe United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 from the merger of the Boston Fruit Company with Minor C. Keith 's banana-trading enterprises.
- Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World - Peter Chapman ...United Fruit essentially invented not only “the concept and reality of the banana republic,” but also, as Chapman shows, the concept and reality of the modern banana. “If it weren’t for United...
- The Controversial History of United Fruit - Harvard Business ReviewJuly 02, 2019. Listen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS. Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, an expert in business history, discusses the...
- Timeline - United Fruit Company1910-1920. The United Fruit Company has become a Latin American hegemon, described by its detractors as “el pulpo.”. Plague ravages the gros michel banana, destroying entire fields of crops. Nevertheless, the company enjoys tremendous economic and political power, further pushing to develop technology in communications and shipping.
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