Author:
Koeppel, Dan.
Imprint:New York : Hudson Street Press, c2008.
Descriptionxix, 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:The World's Most Humble Fruit -- PART I: Family Trees -- And God Created the Banana -- A Banana in Your Pocket? -- The First Farm -- All in the Family -- PART II: Expansion -- Asia -- Pacific -- Africa -- Americas -- PART III: Corn Flakes and Coup d'Etats -- Bringing Bananas Home -- Taming the Wild -- Why Banana Peels Are Funny -- Sam the Banana Man -- No Bananas Today -- Man Makes a Banana -- The Banana Massacre -- The Inhuman Republics -- Straightening Out the Business -- PART IV: Never Enough -- Knowledge Is Powerless -- Pure Science -- A Second Front -- No Respite -- Brand Name Bananas -- Guatemala -- PART V: Good-bye, Michel -- Cavendish -- Falling Apart -- Embracing the New -- Chronic Injury -- Banana Plus Banana -- A Savior? -- Golden Child -- PART VI: A New Banana -- A Long Way from Panama -- Know Your Enemies -- A Banana Crossroads -- Frankenbanana -- Still the Octopus? -- The Way Out.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
