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Epic of the Banana
Gannett, Lewis S. | August 14, 1929 issue

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This article presents information about the book "The Romance and Rise of the American Tropics," by Samuel Crowther. In this book, Mr. Crowther summarizes the histories of the Central American republics and of Colombia; but he hits his stride only when he reaches Minor Keith, Victor Cutten and the United Fruit. The formation of the United Fruit Co. he ranks as more important than the enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine. The United Fruit and Minor Keith's other enterprises have turned malarial jungles into rich plantations, created an economic structure which may well become the basis of stable government in the Caribbean and largely solved the sanitary problems of the region.

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ROMANCE & Rise of the American Tropics, The (Book); CROWTHER, Samuel; PLANTATIONS; UNITED Fruit Co.; ECONOMIC structure; COLOMBIA
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