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Banana : The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel (2008, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. Banana by Dan Koeppel. Author Dan Koeppel. Title Banana. Format Paperback.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100452290082

ISBN-139780452290082

eBay Product ID (ePID)69688702

Product Key Features

Book TitleBanana : the Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAgriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Industries / Agribusiness, Labor, World

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History

AuthorDan Koeppel

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Clear, engaging...admirable...part historical narrative and part pop-science adventure." - San Francisco Chronicle, "Clear, engaging&admirable&part historical narrative and part pop-science adventure." - San Francisco Chronicle, Clear, engaging…admirable…part historical narrative and part pop-science adventure.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal634/.772

SynopsisIn the vein of Mark Kurlansky's bestselling Salt and Cod , a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world's most popular fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana's history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. We begin in the Garden of Eden--examining scholars' belief that Eve's "apple" was actually a banana-- and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America, where aptly named "banana republics" rose and fell over the crop, while the companies now known as Chiquita and Dole conquered the marketplace. Koeppel then chronicles the banana's path to the present, ultimately--and most alarmingly--taking us to banana plantations across the globe that are being destroyed by a fast-moving blight, with no cure in sight--and to the high-tech labs where new bananas are literally being built in test tubes, in a race to save the world's most beloved fruit.

LC Classification NumberSB379.B2K66 2009