There are lots of fun facts about bananas: They’re radioactive, they may be the oldest fruit in the world, and they’re technically berries! So how did the bright yellow, comedy-inspiring fruit cause massacres, coups, and human rights violations? It’s a colonialist tale as old as time, full of not-so-fun facts about bananas and the men who steamrolled entire countries in order to sell them.
References
https://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-food
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10329710/how-to-eat-a-banana-correctly
https://gardenbetty.com/a-banana-plant-is-an-herb-or-little-known-banana-facts/
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoculture
https://www.britannica.com/topic/banana-republic
https://abgc.org.au/our-industry-old/history-of-bananas/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshire
https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/the-seldom-recorded-life-of-minor-cooper-keith
https://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/meiggsHenry.html
https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1855-1880
https://www.crcdaily.com/p/the-lost-legacy-of-costa-ricas-railroads
https://library.harvard.edu/collections/united-fruit-company-photographs
https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/lorenzo-dow-baker
https://twailr.com/locating-the-united-fruit-company-in-the-history-of-international-law/
http://investopedia.com/terms/v/verticalintegration.asp
https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1900-1910
https://visitpuertoarmuelles.com/united-fruit-company-the-great-white-fleet
https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/race-1
https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/
https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/
https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/sam-zemurray/
https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/samuel-zemurray
https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/
https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1
https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/23/tye.php
https://coha.org/peeling-back-the-truth-on-the-guatemalan-banana-industry/
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/united-fruit-guatemala/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pprpd3x96o
https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/March/07_nsd_161.html
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