{"product_id":"the-banana-men-american-mercenaries-and-entrepreneurs-in-central-america-1880-1930-9780813108360","title":"The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930","description":"Ambitious entrepreneurs, isthmian politicians, and mercenaries who dramatically altered Central America's political culture, economies, and even its traditional social values populate this lively story of a generation of North and Central Americans and their roles in the transformation of Central America from the late nineteenth century until the onset of the Depression. The Banana Men is a study of modernization, its benefits, and its often frightful costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLangley, Lester D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLester D. Langley\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cuban Policy of the United States: A Brief History, Struggle for the American Mediterranean: United States-European Rivalry in the Gulf-Caribbean, 1776-1904, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe United States and the Caribbean, 1900-1970\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchoonover, Thomas D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eThomas D. Schoonover\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eUncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization, The Banana Men, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGermany in Central Americ\u003c\/i\u003ea.","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845479862546,"sku":"9780813108360","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41ea2c9c-6452-4405-bf10-af47a8494a5e.jpg?v=1737352028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-banana-men-american-mercenaries-and-entrepreneurs-in-central-america-1880-1930-9780813108360","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}