Banana the fate of the fruit that changed the world First Edition by Dan Koeppel ISBN 978-1594630385 1594630380
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ISBN 10: 1594630380
ISBN 13: 978-1594630385
Author: Dan Koeppel
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A gripping biological detective story that uncovers the myth, mystery, and endangered fate of the world’s most humble fruit
To most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. In others parts of the world, bananas are what keep millions of people alive. But for all its ubiquity, the banana is surprisingly mysterious; nobody knows how bananas evolved or exactly where they originated. Rich cultural lore surrounds the fruit: In ancient translations of the Bible, the “apple” consumed by Eve is actually a banana (it makes sense, doesn’t it?). Entire Central American nations have been said to rise and fall over the banana.
But the biggest mystery about the banana today is whether it will survive. A seedless fruit with a unique reproductive system, every banana is a genetic duplicate of the next, and therefore susceptible to the same blights. Today’s yellow banana, the Cavendish, is increasingly threatened by such a blight—and there’s no cure in sight.
Banana combines a pop-science journey around the globe, a fascinating tale of an iconic American business enterprise, and a look into the alternately tragic and hilarious banana subculture (one does exist)— ultimately taking us 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.
Table of contents:
PART I: Family Trees
CHAPTER 1: And God Created the Banana
CHAPTER 2: A Banana in Your Pocket?
CHAPTER 3: The First Farm
CHAPTER 4: All in the Family
PART II: Expansion
CHAPTER 5: Asia
CHAPTER 6: Pacific
CHAPTER 7: Africa
CHAPTER 8: Americas
PART III: Corn Flakes and Coup d’Etats
CHAPTER 9: Bringing Bananas Home
CHAPTER 10: Taming the Wild
CHAPTER II: Why Banana Peels Are Funny
CHAPTER 12: Sam the Banana Man
CHAPTER 13: No Bananas Today
CHAPTER 14: Man Makes a Banana
CHAPTER 15: The Banana Massacre
CHAPTER 16: The Inhuman Republics
CHAPTER 17: Straightening Out the Business
PART IV: Never Enough
CHAPTER 18: Knowledge Is Powerless
CHAPTER 19: Pure Science
CHAPTER 20: A Second Front
CHAPTER 21: No Respite
CHAPTER 22: Brand Name Bananas
CHAPTER 23: Guatemala
PART V: Good-bye, Michel
CHAPTER 24: Cavendish
CHAPTER 25: Falling Apart
CHAPTER 26: Embracing the New
CHAPTER 27: Chronic Injury
CHAPTER 28: Banana Plus Banana
CHAPTER 29: A Savior?
CHAPTER 30: Golden Child
PART VI: A New Banana
CHAPTER 31: A Long Way from Panama
CHAPTER 32: Know Your Enemies
CHAPTER 33: A Banana Crossroads
CHAPTER 34: Frankenbanana
CHAPTER 35: Still the Octopus?
CHAPTER 36: The Way Out
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