Colby, Jason M. <br/><br/>
The Business of Empire :  United Fruit, Race, and U. S. Expansion in Central America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (289 pages) 
 - The United States in the World Series .
 - The United States in the World Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- The Business of Empire -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of Empire -- 1. Enterprise and Expansion, 1848-1885 -- 2. Joining the Imperial World, 1885-1904 -- Part II. Race and Labor -- 3. Corporate Colonialism, 1904-1912 -- 4. Divided Workers, 1912-1921 -- Part III. Imperial Transitions -- 5. The Rise of Hispanic Nationalism, 1921-1929 -- 6. Reframing the Empire, 1929-1940 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801462719 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>United Fruit Company -- History.<br/>Industrial relations -- Central America -- History.<br/>Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States.<br/>United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America.<br/>Central America -- Commerce -- United States -- History.<br/>United States -- Commerce -- Central America -- History.<br/>Central America -- Race relations -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F1436 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.730728