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Subject(s)

• United States—Foreign economic relations—Honduras [Browse]
• Honduras—Foreign economic relations—United States [Browse]
• Banana trade—Honduras [Browse]
• Honduras—Politics and government—1838-1933 [Browse]
• Honduras—Economic conditions [Browse]

Series

Archives unbound [More in this series]

Summary note

The first decades of the twentieth century were a time of political and economic change. In 1899, the first boatload of bananas was shipped from Honduras to the United States. The fruit found a ready market, and the trade grew rapidly. The American-based banana companies constructed railroad lines and roads to serve the expanding banana production. Perhaps even more significant, Honduras began to attract the attention of the U.S. government. Until the early twentieth century, the U.S. played only a very limited role in internal Honduran political clashes. With its investments growing, however, the U.S. showed increased concern over Honduras's political instability. Although United States marines never occupied Honduras as they did neighboring Nicaragua, the U.S. frequently dispatched warships to waters near Honduras as a warning that intervention in Honduras was indeed a possibility if American business interests were threatened or domestic conflict escalated.

Notes

• Date range of documents: 1910-1930.
• Reproduction of the originals from the U.S. National Archives.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

OCLC

794779264

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