The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America

The Business of Empire

United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America

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Jason M. Colby
Jason M. Colby
2011 • 274 pages

Colby provides new insight into the role of transnational capital, labor migration, and racial nationalism in shaping U.S. expansion into Central America and the greater Caribbean.

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The United States in the World

The United States in the World is a 7-book series first released in 2011 with contributions by Jason M. Colby, Thomas C. Field Jr., and Emily Conroy-Krutz.

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