| Description |
xix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-264) and index. |
| Contents |
The world's most humble fruit -- pt. 1. Family trees -- ch. 1. And God created the banana -- ch. 2. A banana in your pocket? -- ch. 3. The first farm -- ch. 4. All in the family -- pt. 2. Expansion -- ch. 5. Asia -- ch. 6. Pacific -- ch. 7. Africa -- ch. 8. Americas -- pt. 3. Corn Flakes and coup d'etas -- ch. 9. Bringing bananas home -- ch. 10. Taming the wild -- ch. 11. Why banana peels are funny -- ch. 12. Sam the Banana Man -- ch. 13. No bananas today -- ch. 14. Man makes a banana -- ch. 15. The banana massacre -- ch. 16. The inhuman republics -- ch. 17. Straightening out the business -- |
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pt. 4. Never enough -- ch. 18. Knowledge is powerless -- ch. 19. Pure science -- ch. 20. A second front -- ch. 21. No respite -- ch. 22. Brand name bananas -- ch. 23. Guatemala -- pt. 5. Good-bye, Michel -- ch. 24. Cavendish -- ch. 25. Falling apart -- ch. 26. Embracing the new -- ch. 27. Chronic injury -- ch. 28. Banana plus banana -- ch. 29. A savior? -- ch. 30. Golden child -- pt. 6. A new banana -- ch. 31. A long way from Panama -- ch. 32. Know your enemies -- ch. 33. A banana crossroads -- ch. 34. Frankenbanana -- ch. 35. Still the octopus? -- ch. 36. The way out -- A banana time line -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Summary |
From its early beginnings in Southeast Asia, to the machinations of the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica and Central America, the banana's history and its fate as a victim of fungus are explored. |
| Subject |
Bananas.
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| ISBN |
9781594630385 |
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1594630380 |
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