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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
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- 20. Dez. 2020
Fine
The book was all intact, but it had a large crease in it as if someone sat on it or it was used to fix a very wobbly table under one of the legs, but it didn’t damage the book from what I’ve seen. One of the “Used” stickers that was on it ended up peeling the cover the off, which was kind of annoying to me, but once again, just a cosmetic deal. Great value however, so only minor things.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Mai. 2021
It’s bananas!
Crazy true story about bananas and their path to our homes!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
