Banana republic
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banana-republic-170-11919941
title:
Banana republic
text:
In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resources. In 1904, American author O. Henry coined the term to describe Guatemala and Honduras under economic exploitation by U.S. corporations, such as the United Fruit Company. Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling class plutocracy, compo
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encyclopedia
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Political-science term for a politically unstable country
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic
date created:
2002-11-28T08:32:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:18:46Z
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