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The Resource The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession, Adam Leith Gollner
The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession, Adam Leith Gollner
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- Summary
- Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal--fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds. Adam Leith Gollner weaves business, science, and travel into a narrative about one of earth's most desired foods. Readers will discover why, though countless exotic fruits exist in nature, only several dozen varieties are available in supermarkets. Gollner explores the political machinations of multinational fruit corporations, exposing the hidden alliances between agribusiness and government and what that means for public health. He traces the life of mass-produced fruits--how they are created, grown, and marketed--and he explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored, and even forbidden in the Western world. Peopled with a varied and bizarre cast of characters--from smugglers to explorers to inventors--this book unveils the hidden universe of fruit.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 285 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue : blame it on Brazil
- Introduction : the fruit underworld
- Nature. Wild, ripe and juicy : what is a fruit? ; Hawaiian ultraexotics ; How fruits shaped us ; The Rare Fruit Council International
- Adventure. Into Borneo ; The fruitarians ; The lady fruit ; Seedy : the fruitleggers
- Commerce. Marketing : from grapples to gojis ; Miraculin : the story of the miracle fruit ; Mass production : the geopolitics of sweetness ; Permanent global summertime
- Obsession. Preservation : the passion of the fruit ; The case of the fruit detective ; Making contact with the otherworld ; Fruition, or, The fever of creation.The sweetest thing : apricots
- Isbn
- 9781476704999
- Label
- The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession
- Title
- The fruit hunters
- Title remainder
- a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Leith Gollner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal--fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds. Adam Leith Gollner weaves business, science, and travel into a narrative about one of earth's most desired foods. Readers will discover why, though countless exotic fruits exist in nature, only several dozen varieties are available in supermarkets. Gollner explores the political machinations of multinational fruit corporations, exposing the hidden alliances between agribusiness and government and what that means for public health. He traces the life of mass-produced fruits--how they are created, grown, and marketed--and he explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored, and even forbidden in the Western world. Peopled with a varied and bizarre cast of characters--from smugglers to explorers to inventors--this book unveils the hidden universe of fruit.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gollner, Adam
- Dewey number
- 641.3/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fruit
- Tropical fruit
- Fruit-culture
- Fruit trade
- Fruit
- Fruit-culture
- Fruit trade
- Tropical fruit
- Label
- The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession, Adam Leith Gollner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : blame it on Brazil -- Introduction : the fruit underworld -- Nature. Wild, ripe and juicy : what is a fruit? ; Hawaiian ultraexotics ; How fruits shaped us ; The Rare Fruit Council International -- Adventure. Into Borneo ; The fruitarians ; The lady fruit ; Seedy : the fruitleggers -- Commerce. Marketing : from grapples to gojis ; Miraculin : the story of the miracle fruit ; Mass production : the geopolitics of sweetness ; Permanent global summertime -- Obsession. Preservation : the passion of the fruit ; The case of the fruit detective ; Making contact with the otherworld ; Fruition, or, The fever of creation.The sweetest thing : apricots
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476704999
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)816512818
- 678096
- (OCoLC)ocn816512818
- Label
- The fruit hunters : a story of nature, adventure, commerce and obsession, Adam Leith Gollner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : blame it on Brazil -- Introduction : the fruit underworld -- Nature. Wild, ripe and juicy : what is a fruit? ; Hawaiian ultraexotics ; How fruits shaped us ; The Rare Fruit Council International -- Adventure. Into Borneo ; The fruitarians ; The lady fruit ; Seedy : the fruitleggers -- Commerce. Marketing : from grapples to gojis ; Miraculin : the story of the miracle fruit ; Mass production : the geopolitics of sweetness ; Permanent global summertime -- Obsession. Preservation : the passion of the fruit ; The case of the fruit detective ; Making contact with the otherworld ; Fruition, or, The fever of creation.The sweetest thing : apricots
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Extent
- x, 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476704999
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)816512818
- 678096
- (OCoLC)ocn816512818
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