Banana : the fate of the fruit that changed the world / Dan Koeppel.

Description:
xix, 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher:
New York :
Hudson Street Press,
c2008.
Electronic resources
- ISBN: 9781429593250 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1429593253 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781429593281 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 1429593288 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Bibliography, etc.: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-264) and index. |
Contents: | The world's most humble fruit -- pt. 1. Family trees -- ch. 1. And God created the banana -- ch. 2. ... Read More pt. 4. Never enough -- ch. 18. Knowledge is powerless -- ch. 19. Pure science -- ch. 20. A second ... Read More |
Summary: | From its early beginnings in Southeast Asia, to the machinations of the United Fruit Company in ... Read More |
Reproduction: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin Group USA, Inc., 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions ... Read More |
Subject: |
Bananas.
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Genre: |
Electronic books. |
Citation:
Koeppel, Dan.
"Banana : the fate of the fruit that changed the world."
New York :
Hudson Street Press,
2008.