Paul J. Dosal - Doing Business with the Dictators: A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944 (Latin American Silhouettes)
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The United Fruit Company (UFCO) developed an unprecedented relationship with Guatemala in the first half of this century. By 1944, UFCO owned 566,000 acres, employed 20,000 people, and operated 96% of Guatemalas 719 miles of railroad, making the multinational corporation Guatemalas largest private landowner and biggest employer. In Doing Business with the Dictators, Paul J. Dosal shows how UFCO built up a profitable corporation in a country whose political system was known to be corrupt. His work is based largely on research of company documents recently acquired from the Justice Department under the Freedom of Information Act-no other historian researching this topic has looked at these sources. As a result, Dr. Dosal is able to offer the first documentary evidence of how UFCO acquired, defended, and exploited its Guatemalan properties by collaborating with successive authoritarian regimes.
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Doing Business With the Dictators : A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944 Latin American Silhouettes
author
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Dosal, Paul J.
publisher
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Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin
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0842024751
print isbn13
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9780842024754
ebook isbn13
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9780585120904
language
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English
subject
Banana trade--Guatemala--History, United Fruit Company--Guatemala--History, Banana trade--Guatemala--Political activity, Guatemala--Politics and government--1821-1945.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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HD9259.B3G834 1993eb
ddc
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338.7/634772/097281
subject
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Banana trade--Guatemala--History, United Fruit Company--Guatemala--History, Banana trade--Guatemala--Political activity, Guatemala--Politics and government--1821-1945.
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Doing Business with the Dictators
A Political History of United Fruit in Guatemala 1899-1944
Paul J. Dosal
A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
(c)1993 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published in 1993 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dosal, Paul J. (Paul Jaime), 1960 Doing business with the dictators : a political history of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944 / by Paul J. Dosal. p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2475-1 1. Banana tradeGuatemalaHistory. 2. United Fruit Company GuatemalaHistory. 3. Banana tradeGuatemalaPolitical activity. 4. GuatemalaPolitics and government1821-. I. Title. II. Series. HD9259.B3G834 1993 338.7'634772'097281-dc20 93-10118 CIP
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I dedicate this book to Mom, Dad, and Abuela Eva
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About the Author
Paul J. Dosal has been an assistant professor of Latin American history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1987. In 1982 he received a bachelor's degree in international politics from St. Andrew's College in North Carolina. He did his graduate work at Tulane University under the direction of Dr. Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr., earning a master's in Latin American studies in 1984 and a doctorate in history in 1987. His articles have appeared in the Hispanic American Historical Review, the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Inter-American Economic Affairs.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Figures and Maps
xi
Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Chapter 2 The Liberals Lay the Foundations
17
Chapter 3 An Empire Is Born
37
Chapter 4 Minor Keith and Caudillo Politics
55
Chapter 5 United Fruit, Cuyamel, and the Battle for Motagua, Part I
75
Chapter 6 The Democratic Interlude
95
Chapter 7 The Puerto Barrios Strike
119
Chapter 8 The Battle for Motagua, Part II
141
Chapter 9 Expansion to the Pacific
161
Chapter 10 The Octopus
183
Chapter 11 The United States versus United Fruit
205
Epilogue
225
Bibliography
233
Index
249
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Acknowledgments
When I initiated research on this project, I had no intention of writing a book about the United Fruit Company. I was only going to revise my dissertation on the industrial development of Guatemala by adding some information about the building of railroads. Research on railroads led me directly into an investigation of United Fruit, and, as I pursued that topic, I realized that we know surprisingly little about the company's history prior to the Guatemalan Revolution (1944-1954). While in Thailand, Amy Yeostros convinced me to postpone my original research plan and write a history of United Fruit in Guatemala.
It took me another two years to write the manuscript. The debts I have incurred along the way are not financial, for this project has been completed on my own time with my own money. Nevertheless, I owe a number of people for their kind assistance. My parents have supported me throughout my college career, and, for their love and inspiration, I dedicate this book to them. Michael, Duane, and Darlene have been more than siblings, while John, Ross, Mike, and Valerie have been more than friends. Amy, my dearest companion over the last four years, would not care for a sentimental acknowledgment and deserves more than that anyway. In ways often unrelated to my professional career, my friends and family supported my work and travel, even as it took me farther away from home.
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