Dan Koeppel

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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the WorldPaperback, 1 January 2009

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Plume Books
Date Published
1 Jan 2009
ISBN-10
0452290082
ISBN-13
9780452290082

Description

In 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.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Dan Koeppel
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 January 2009
Dimensions:
20.07 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
ISBN-10:
0452290082
ISBN-13:
9780452290082
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
249.48 gm

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