Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs: How One Banana-Exporting Country Achieved Worldwide Reach
Author:   Douglas Southgate ,  Lois Roberts
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
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9780812248074


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 April 2016
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Author:   Douglas Southgate ,  Lois Roberts
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780812248074


ISBN 10:   0812248074
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. The Octopus Chapter 2. El Pulpo's South American Rivals Chapter 3. Never a Banana Republic Chapter 4. Good Governance, for a Change Chapter 5. South American Entrepreneurs Go Global Chapter 6. Keeping Up with Technological Advances Chapter 7. Agrarian Reform, Unionization, and a Policy Tilt Against Agriculture Chapter 8. Ecuador's Resurgence Chapter 9. The Environmental Impact Chapter 10. Continuing Challenges, New Risks Chapter 11. Creative Destruction? Appendix: Ecuadorian Banana Production and Exports, 1961 to 2013 Notes References Index Acknowledgments

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Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs is an entertaining and insightful work providing a synthetic, alternative history of the banana industry. -Paul Sabin, Yale University Based on sound historical and contemporary assessment, Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs refreshingly corrects conventional wisdom about the banana industry. -Joachim von Braun, University of Bonn


Based on sound historical and contemporary assessment, Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs refreshingly corrects conventional wisdom about the banana industry. -Joachim von Braun, University of Bonn Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs is an entertaining and insightful work providing a synthetic, alternative history of the banana industry. -Paul Sabin, Yale University


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Douglas Southgate is Emeritus Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics at The Ohio State University. Lois Roberts formerly taught Latin American history and culture in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

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