These included the great British trading companies in West Africa, in which are to be found the origins of Unilever, the North American fruit companies in Central America, whose activities gave rise to the expression ‘ banana republic’, and the East India Company which was to provide the basis for British colonial administration in India.
These included the great British trading companies in West Africa, in which are to be found the origins of Unilever, the North American fruit companies in Central America, whose activities gave rise to the expression ‘ banana grove, and the East India Company which was to provide the basis for British colonial administration in India.