001481741 000__ 04404nam\a22008535i\4500 001481741 001__ 1481741 001481741 003__ DE-B1597 001481741 005__ 20231108111313.0 001481741 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001481741 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001481741 008__ 231108t20052005nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001481741 020__ $$a9781479838226 001481741 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9781479838226.001.0001$$2doi 001481741 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)546991 001481741 035__ $$a(OCoLC)911616752 001481741 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001481741 0410_ $$aeng 001481741 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001481741 072_7 $$aBUS000000$$2bisacsh 001481741 08204 $$a338.7/634772/098610904$$222 001481741 084__ $$aQS 200$$2rvk 001481741 1001_ $$aBucheli, Marcelo,$$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001481741 24510 $$aBananas and Business :$$bThe United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899-2000 /$$cMarcelo Bucheli. 001481741 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bNew York University Press,$$c[2005] 001481741 264_4 $$c©2005 001481741 300__ $$a1 online resource 001481741 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001481741 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001481741 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001481741 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001481741 50500 $$tFrontmatter --$$tMaps --$$tContents --$$tAcknowledgments --$$t1. Introduction --$$t2. From Hotel Luxury Suites to Working-Class Lunchboxes --$$t3. The United Fruit Company in Latin America: Business Strategies in a Changing Environment --$$t4. The United Fruit Company and Local Politics in Colombia --$$t5. The Labor Conflicts of the United Fruit Company in Magdalena in the 1920s --$$t6. Nobody's Triumph: Labor Unionism in Magdalena after World War II --$$t7. The United Fruit Company's Relationship with Local Planters in Colombia --$$t8. Conclusion --$$tNotes --$$tBibliography --$$tIndex --$$tAbout the Author 001481741 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001481741 520__ $$aFor well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an overwhelmingly powerful corporation that shaped and often exploited its host countries. In this first history of the UFCO in Colombia, Marcelo Bucheli argues that the UFCO's image as an all-powerful force in determining national politics needs to be reconsidered. Using a previously unexplored source-the internal archives of Colombia's UFCO operation-Bucheli reveals that before 1930, the UFCO worked alongside a business-friendly government that granted it generous concessions and repressed labor unionism. After 1930, however, the country experienced dramatic transformations including growing nationalism, a stronger labor movement, and increasing demands by local elites for higher stakes in the banana export business.In response to these circumstances, the company abandoned production, selling its plantations (and labor conflicts) to local growers, while transforming itself into a marketing company. The shift was endorsed by the company's shareholders and financial analysts, who preferred lower profits with lower risks, and came at a time in which the demand for bananas was decreasing in America. Importantly, Bucheli shows that the effect of foreign direct investment was not unidirectional. Instead, the agency of local actors affected corporate strategy, just as the UFCO also transformed local politics and society. 001481741 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001481741 546__ $$aIn English. 001481741 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. 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