LEADER 02962nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910817611103321 005 20240416182544.0 010 $a1-281-24132-6 010 $a9786611241322 010 $a0-8032-1637-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483932 035 $a(EBL)332857 035 $a(OCoLC)476135438 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140302 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10044254 035 $a(PQKB)11189893 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332857 035 $a(OCoLC)228167350 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11851 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL332857 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216998 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL124132 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483932 100 $a20071009d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe banana $eempires, trade wars, and globalization /$fJames Wiley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aAt table 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-3285-3 311 $a0-8032-1577-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe Banana demystifies the banana trade and its path toward globalization. It reviews interregional relationships in the industry and the changing institutional framework governing global trade and assesses the roles of such major players as the European Union and the World Trade Organization. It also analyzes the forces driving today's economy, such as the competitiveness imperative, diversification processes, and niche market strategies. Its final chapter suggests how the outcome of the recent banana war will affect bananas and trade in other commodities sectors as well. 410 0$aAt table series. 606 $aBanana trade 606 $aBanana trade$zLatin America 606 $aBanana trade$zCaribbean Area 615 0$aBanana trade. 615 0$aBanana trade 615 0$aBanana trade 676 $a338.1/74772 700 $aWiley$b James$01714528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817611103321 996 $aThe banana$94108431 997 $aUNINA