1737702401     

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

Soluri, John, 1967- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Second edition (revised and updated)

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021

xxi, 344 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 23 cm

Englisch

Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [312]-337

Erscheint auch als: Banana cultures / Soluri, John (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-4773-2280-2 (paperback)

978-1-4773-2281-9 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-4773-2282-6 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2020040387

OCoLC: 1277031407     

NW 4200  | NW 2564  | IQ 26002  | LC 22630  | LC 24610  | LC 24630      Ähnliche Literatur

HD9259.B3

306.3/49097283

Basisklassifikation: 15.87 (USA) <Geschichte> ; 15.88 (Mittelamerika; Südamerika) <Geschichte>

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-AAC-DE-7

LOC-SH: Banana trade -- Honduras ; Banana trade -- Social aspects -- Honduras ; Banana trade -- Environmental aspects -- Honduras ; Banana trade -- United States ; Banana trade -- Social aspects -- United States

"Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores--everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates agroecology, anthropology, political economy, and history to trace the symbiotic growth of the export banana industry in Honduras and the consumer mass market in the United States. This new paperback edition features a new preface to the second edition, a new postscript, an updated bibliography, and an updated index"--