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Cover of Cabbages and Kings (1904 edition). In the 20th century, American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910) coined the term banana republic to describe the fictional Republic of Anchuria in the book Cabbages and Kings (1904), [1] a collection of thematically related short stories inspired by his experiences in Honduras, whose economy was heavily dependent on the export of ...
American writer O. Henry coined "banana republic" to describe the Republic of Anchuria. Central American banana republic. Anchuria, Republic of Sunset (2015) Fictional South American republic ruled by a military dictator and in the middle of a civil war. Anglo-French Empire Shadows of Doubt (2023) Angosia, Kingdom of Royal Hearts (2018)
After the peak of the banana republic era, resistance eventually began to grown on the part of small-scale producers and production laborers, due to the exponential rate in growth of the wealth gap as well as the collusion between the profiting Honduran government officials and the U.S. fruit companies (United Fruit Co., Standard Fruit Co ...
In this shorthand, a banana republic is any corrupt government or political unrest, but the term specifically conjures images of Latin American countries such as Honduras, Cuba, and Nicaragua. ...
A city in Germany that almost sounded like someone's surname. This city is bordering Bad Laer too. High Point: A city primarily in Guilford County, North Carolina. The small community of Horneytown is right next door. Also two other High Point's in Florida (they also aren't the highest place in Florida with one being a mere 70 feet above sea ...
DAVIE was originally called Zona, but was renamed for Developer R.P. Davie, who owned a lot of land along the south fork of the New River. The name change was front-page news in The Fort ...
How one minor-league team is proving that baseball doesn't have to be boring.
Curaguay: a generic Latin American banana republic seen in the episodes 26 and 27 of the season 2, and in the episode 5 of the season 3, of the TV series Hunter; Curuguay: a generic Latin American banana republic seen in The A-Team. A similar country of the same name is mentioned in the first episode of season 2 of the TV series The Equalizer