Caribbean Banana Trade. From colonisation to globalization

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Scholarly work analysing the Caribbean international banana trade, notably with Britain, in the changing political-corporate context in which the trade has taken place from the early 20th century but mostly from 1945, dealing with the principle parties - governments, corporate traders and producers. Structured around five themes including corporate ownership and monopoly control in the early period; significance of colonial rule / imperial preference; shifting UK trade priorities to Europe from traditional trading areas; Influence of WTO; etc. Has chapters: 'Effect of monopoly power and establishment of imperial preference'; 'Second World War and its aftermath - political control and corporate adjustment'; ''Competition and accommodation - development of the Windward Islands banana export trade and the problems of Caribbean rivalry; 'The EEC and the Lome Convention - a weakening of the national approach'; 'Creation of a single European market in bananas and the exploiting of networks and influence'; 'The ultimate challenge - the WTO and the marginalisation of Caribbean interests'. References to UK businesses such as Fyffes Group Ltd and Elders & Fyffes Ltd