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A Camera in the Garden of Eden: The Self-Forging of a Banana Republic
Kevin Coleman
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 color and 97 b&w photos, 2 b&w illus., 2 color and 5 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
In the early twentieth century, the Boston-based United Fruit Company controlled the production, distribution, and marketing of bananas, the most widely consumed fresh fruit in North America. So great was the company's power that it challenged the sovereignty of the Latin American and Caribbean countries in which it operated, giving rise to the notion of company-dominated banana republics. In A Camera in the Garden of Eden, Kevin Coleman argues that the banana republic was an imperial constellation of images and practices that was checked and contested by ordinary Central Americans. Drawing ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, the Boston-based United Fruit Company controlled the production, distribution, and marketing of bananas, the most widely consumed fresh fruit in North America. So great was the company's power that it challenged the sovereignty of the Latin American and Caribbean countries in which it operated, giving rise to the notion of company-dominated banana republics. In A Camera in the Garden of Eden, Kevin Coleman argues that the banana republic was an imperial constellation of images and practices that was checked and contested by ordinary Central Americans. Drawing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
460 g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477308554
SKU
V9781477308554
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About Kevin Coleman
Kevin Coleman is an assistant professor of history at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
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