Concept information
Preferred term
United Fruit Co.
Definition
- The United Fruit Company, established in 1899, was a tropical fruit importer based in Boston, Massachusetts. It controlled half the bananas in the world and 75 percent of the American banana market. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; United Fruit Co.]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/United_Fruit_Co.
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