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Peter Chapman (1) (1948–)

Auteur de Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World

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Nom légal
Chapman, Peter Francis
Date de naissance
1948
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Professions
journalist (Financial Times)
Organisations
Financial Times (journalist)

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An interesting bit of history which provides a clear example of the validity of the old adage that absolute power corrupts absolutely
 
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kevinkevbo | 6 autres critiques | Jul 14, 2023 |
This book deals with the United Fruit Company and how they did business in Central America growing, selling and using their clout to move bananas. It also tells about United States policy in the region led to unstable governments and U.S. intervention in Guatemala and Nicaragua.
 
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foof2you | 6 autres critiques | Feb 3, 2023 |
See also papers in SH Archive Financial Institutions box 1.
 
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LibraryofMistakes | 3 autres critiques | May 19, 2021 |
Very poor hodge-podge of a history. The author never really makes up his mind whether this is to be some sort of history of the Lehman Brothers firm, the Lehman family, or both. As the author of a book on the history of the United Fruit Company, he does his absolute damndest to work in that firm whenever possible, out of all proportion to its importance in the Lehman Brothers history. If you have read other books on the collapse of Lehman Brothers, frankly, the story is told better there; the last few chapters read like a cut-and-paste from other works. There's also a few strange editorial glitches that pop up here and there (my "favorites" are when Samuel Goldwyn is made to look like an MGM executive in the 1960s, and this phrase: "RCA, however, could not interest none of the big studios...") Go elsewhere if you want a coherent history of the firm.… (plus d'informations)
 
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EricCostello | 3 autres critiques | Mar 14, 2021 |

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Membres
315
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ISBN
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