Conquest of the Tropics: The Story of the Creative Enterprises Conducted by the United Fruit Company (Romance of Big Business, Vol. I. [Volume 1])

xii, 368 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, color illustrations mounted on front board, illustrated endpapers. Black & white photographs and maps throughout text. An account of the corporate activities of the United Fruit Company, the first volume in the Romance of Big Business series, intended to educate consumers about the behavior of large enterprises. From the publishers' note: "It is the belief of the publishers that a series of books thus planned will possess an interest and have a real value not only to those who are investors in these great enterprises, but also to a public which is demanding that far-reaching corporations shall give an account of their stewardship." CONTENTS: Our Neglected Tropical Neighbors; The Modest but Mighty Banana; Attacking the Wilderness; Laying the Foundations; Birth of The United Fruit Company; Growth of a Great Enterprise; Twelve Years of Creative Work; In the Wake of Columbus; Where the Banana Is King; In Beautiful Costa Rica; The Awakening of Guatemala; Along the Coast of South America; Exploring the Sugar Bowl of Cuba; Health Conquest of the Tropics; An International Tropical Farm; Lessons Taught by the Banana; Index.