Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs: How One Banana-Exporting Country Achieved Worldwide Reach

Douglas Southgate; Lois Roberts

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs

How One Banana-Exporting Country Achieved Worldwide Reach

Douglas Southgate and Lois Roberts

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292701

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About this book

Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs focuses on the role played by local growers and exporters in Ecuador, which has been the world's leading banana exporter for more than sixty years without ever being dominated by foreign corporations.

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

"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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. The Octopus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. El Pulpo’s South American Rivals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter 3. Never a Banana Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Chapter 4. Good Governance, for a Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 5. South American Entrepreneurs Go Global Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 6. Keeping Up with Technological Advances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 7. Agrarian Reform, Unionization, and a Policy Tilt Against Agriculture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Chapter 8. Resurgence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter 9. The Environmental Impact Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 10. Continuing Challenges, New Risks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Chapter 11. Creative Destruction? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Appendix: Ecuadorian Banana Production and Exports, 1961–2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Other: 3 illus.
Keywords: Business; Economics

eBook

Published: March 7, 2016
ISBN: 9780812292701