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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808359903321

Autore

Soluri John

Titolo

Banana cultures [[electronic resource] ] : agriculture, consumption, and environmental change in Honduras and the United States / / John Soluri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2005

ISBN

0-292-79683-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 321 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Disciplina

306.3/49/097283

Soggetti

Banana trade - Honduras

Banana trade - Social aspects - Honduras

Banana trade - Environmental aspects - Honduras

Banana trade - United States

Banana trade - Social aspects - United States

Business & Economics

Industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Linking Places of Production and Consumption -- Chapter 1: Going Bananas -- Chapter 2: Space Invaders -- Chapter 3: Altered Landscapes and Transformed Livelihoods -- Chapter 4: Sigatoka, Science, and Control -- Chapter 5: Revisiting the Green Prison -- Chapter 6: The Lives and Time of Miss Chiquita -- Chapter 7: La QuĂ­mica -- Chapter 8: Banana Cultures in Comparative Perspective -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Bibliography -- Index.