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Bananas, page 21
United Fruit Company
see also Black, Eli; Keith, Minor; Preston,
Andrew; Zemurray, Sam (uel)
1890s 1, 2
1900s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
1910s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1920s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
1930s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1940s 1, 2, 3, 4
1950s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
1960s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
1970s 1, 2, 3, 4
advertising 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
anti-trust investigations see trusts/anti trust offensives
assets (creative accounting) 1
banana plantations see bananas/plantations
banana varieties 1, 2
branding 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
bribery 1
Costa Rica 1
Guatemala 1, 2
Honduras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
cartels see cartels
cattle rearing 1
civilising force 1
cocaine production 1
company stores/towns 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
consumer demand stimulation 1
corporate social responsibility 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
corporate sponsorship 1, 2
diversification 1, 2, 3
education department 1, 2, 3
el pulpo/evil octopus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
elimination of rivals 1
films 1, 2, 3, 4
foundation 1
gun running 1
hospitals 1, 2
humanitarian aid 1, 2
in California 1
in literature 1, 2, 3
labelling bananas 1
labour see workers (United Fruit Company)
land ownership 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
uncultivated lands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
legacy 1
lettuce growing 1
lobbying 1, 2, 3, 4
logo copyright 1
lynchings 1, 2
machete purchase 1
managers’ conditions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
marketing see UFC/advertising;
UFC/public relations
mass production techniques 1
Mayan remains 1, 2
memorial plaques 1
mineral prospecting 1
monopolistic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
see also trusts
multi-national see multi-national corporations
nicknames 1
‘Our Social Responsibility’ 1
palm oil production 1
Panama Canal, use of 1, 2
peace and love movement 1
philanthropy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
photo archive 1
press manipulation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
profits taken by Costa Rica 1
public image 1, 2, 3, 4
public relations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
see also UFC/advertising; UFC/
lobbying; UFC/philanthropy;
UFC/press manipulation
radio programmes 1, 2
relations with producers 1, 2
relations with US government see
USA/and UFC
role in
Colombian massacre (1928) 1, 2
Cuban invasion (1961) 1, 2, 3, 4
Guatemalan coup (Arbenz overthrow) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Honduran coup (1911) 1
Honduran/El Salvador war (1969) 1
Honduran/Guatemalan border dispute 1
Kennedy assassination 1
Panama war of independence 1
Second World War 1
subverting democracy/wars 1, 2, 3
shareholdings/mergers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
railway interests 1, 2
Sam Zemurray 1, 2, 3, 4
shipping see banana boats
shootings, reprisal 1
spy networks 1
strikes see strikes
sugar cane production 1, 2
under Thomas Cabot 1
work ethic 1
workers see workers (UFC)
United Kingdom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
University of Chicago 1
UPEB 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
USA see also under presidents; see also CIA
ambassadorships 1, 2
and Caribbean 1
and Central America 1, 2, 3
and Colombia 1
and Costa Rica 1, 2
and Cuba 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Dominican Republic 1
and Grenada 1
and Guatemala 1, 2, 3, 4
and Honduras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Iraq 1
and Latin America 1, 2
and Nicaragua 1, 2, 3
and OAS 1
and Panama 1, 2, 3
and Spain 1
and United Fruit Company 1, 2, 3
anti-trust offensives see under trusts
anti-colonialism 1
banana market 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
banana republic plot 1
bribery, attitude towards 1
communism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Contras (counter revolutionaries) 1
diet 1
Dollar Diplomacy 1, 2
First World War 1
‘Good Neighbor’ policy 1, 2
Great Centennial Exhibition 1, 2
illegal immigrants 1
market crashes 1, 2, 3
Operation Success 1, 2
Operation Zapata 1
‘robber barons’ 7, 1
trade war with EU 1, 2
treatment of Indians 1
Un-American Activities Committee 1, 2, 3
workers’ rights campaign 1
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 1, 2
vanilla trade 1
Velvet Underground 1
veneneros 1
Venezuela coup 1
Vietnam war 1, 2, 3, 4
Voice of Liberation radio station 1, 2
wages (workers) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Walker, William ‘King of Nicaragua’ 1, 2, 3
Wall Street 1, 2, 3
Wall Street crash 1
War is a Racket 1
Warhol, Andy 1
Watergate 1, 2, 3
Waugh, Auberon and Evelyn 1
Weizmann, Chaim 1, 2
welfare state 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
West Indian workers 1
see also Jamaican workers
Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas 1
‘Wild Bunch’ 22, 1, 2, 3
Wilson, Woodrow, president USA 1, 2, 3
and Costa Rica 1, 2, 3
anti trust offensives 1, 2
League of Nations 1, 2
Windrush (banana boat) 1
Windward Islands 1
workers (United Fruit Company) 1, 2
see also under nationality e.g. Jamaican workers
accommodation 1, 2
Communism/agitators 1, 2, 3
company stores 1, 2, 3, 4
co-operatives 1
deaths (accident/disease) 1, 2, 3
dock workers 1, 2, 3
farm workers 1, 2
‘flexible working’ 1
jungle clearance 1
killings 1, 2, 3
Colombia massacre (1928) 1, 2, 3, 4
unwritten shooting code 1
plantation workers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
railway builders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
rights 1
riots/disturbances 1, 2, 3
smallholders 1
strikes see strikes
unions 1, 2, 3, 4
wages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
World Trade Organisation 1, 2, 3
World War I 1
World War II 1, 2, 3
Wright, William lynched 1
yellow fever 1, 2
Zemurray, Sam (uel) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and United Fruit Company 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
disease control 1
foundation of Israel 1, 2
in Guatemala 1
in Honduras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
rebranding of UFC 1, 2
relations with
Boston Wasps 1
Minor Keith 1
Morgan bankers 1
press 1, 2, 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D 1
Weizmann, Chaim 1, 2
retires 1, 2, 3, 4
role in coup Honduras (1911) 1
role in Honduran–Guatemalan war pre-WWI 1
role in World War II 1
Zog, King of Albania 1
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to: Sally (Holloway), for applying shape and getting it to the outside world, and to Felicity, Michele and all in the Felicity Bryan office; to Andy (Miller) for his acute editing skills and enthusiasm for the subject, to Jamie for (on a whim and late on a Friday night) going with the idea, to Dan, Helen and everyone at Canongate for their help; to Clive (Priddle) for first spotting the story and to Tim (Whitfield) for his friendship and support; to Marie I for her concern, Marie II for her involvement and patience (‘is it finished yet?’), Bill, Sue (and the boys) for helping whenever possible and my sister Maria and my mother for their support over many years; and a much belated note of thanks to Sussex, not least to Roderick Ogley, John Maclean and Robin Murray.
Peter Chapman, Bananas
