Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
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Peter Chapman., & Peter Chapman|AUTHOR. (2014). Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World . Grove Atlantic.

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Peter Chapman and Peter Chapman|AUTHOR. 2014. Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World. Grove Atlantic.

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Peter Chapman and Peter Chapman|AUTHOR. Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World Grove Atlantic, 2014.

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Peter Chapman, and Peter Chapman|AUTHOR. Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World Grove Atlantic, 2014.

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