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" Banana : "
Lorna Piatti-Farnell.
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BL
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855421
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Piatti-Farnell, Lorna,1980-
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| Title & Author
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Banana : : a global history /\ Lorna Piatti-Farnell.
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| Publication Statement
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London, UK :: Reaktion Books Ltd,, 2016.
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Edible
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173 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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1780235712
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: 9781780235714
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing the banana family -- Growing bananas : histories, legends and myths -- How to eat bananas -- The banana trade -- Imaginary bananas -- Epilogue.
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| Abstract
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"Banana: A Global History takes us from the agricultural beginnings of the banana in New Guinea to the fruit's almost ubiquitous presence in culinary repertoires around the globe, from the United States to the Caribbean, from regions of Africa to the heart of Southeast Asia. The book gives us an insight into the life of the banana over millennia, focusing on our recent history and its cultural affair with the fruit. The global life of the banana is traced in cultural practices, advertising, commercial schemes and the unmissable icons of popular culture, from nineteenth-century medical manuals to cookbooks, songs, the famous 'banana peel gag' and the well-known Miss Chiquita icon."--Publisher's description.
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Bananas-- History.
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Cooking (Bananas)
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Bananas.
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Cooking (Bananas)
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| Dewey Classification
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634/.772
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SB379.B2P53 2016
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