Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones Tapa dura - 2009 - 1st Edición

Berkeley. 2009. June 2009. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520255135. 272 pages. hardcover. . keywords: History. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Plucked from tropical America, the pineapple was brought to European tables and hothouses before it was conveyed back to the tropics, where it came to dominate U.S. and world markets. Pineapple Culture is a dazzling history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrative career. Following Gary Y. Okihiro's enthusiastically received Island World: A History of Hawai`i and the United States, Pineapple Culture continues to upend conventional ideas about history, space, and time with its provocative vision. At the center of the story is the thoroughly modern tale of Dole's ‘Hawaiian' pineapple, which, from its island periphery, infiltrated the white, middle-class homes of the continental United States. The transit of the pineapple brilliantly illuminates the… Leer más

University of California Press, June 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. As new, unmarked copy with solid binding

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University of California Press, 2009-06-02. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x6x1. 255pp. Vg+/vg+ hardcover, tight, bright, and clean. Very light shelfwear. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Los Angeles USA: University of California Press, 2009 The edges of the book have light foxing. 255 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. First edition. Hard cover. New in new dust jacket. Small review copy stamp Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 255 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white, Maps, Figures. California World History Library, 10. Audience: General/trade.