Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. FIGURES VII
4. PREFACE IX
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART 1: 1870– 1960
7. CHAPTER 1 EL PULPO 15
8. CHAPTER 2 RACE TO THE EQUATOR 21
9. CHAPTER 3 BANANAS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND HISTORIES 31
10. CHAPTER 4 BEYOND ITS CONTROL 39
11. CHAPTER 5 THE VERY, VERY TROPICAL EQUATOR 45
12. CHAPTER 6 THE PARAKEET IN THE PLANTATION 51
13. PART 2: 1961– 2000
14. CHAPTER 7 AN INSULT 59
15. CHAPTER 8 CAVENDISH ECOLOGIES 67
16. CHAPTER 9 EMPIRE’S GUINEA PIGS 77
17. CHAPTER 10 EL FRUTO DEL NEOLIBERALISMO 85
18. CHAPTER 11 HEALTHY RESISTANCE 97
19. PART 3: 2001– 2023
20. CHAPTER 12 A LA COSTA 107
21. CHAPTER 13 TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY SOCIALISM AND CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY 115
22. CHAPTER 14 A QUESTION OF CULTURE 121
23. CHAPTER 15 THE ILLNESS OF THE CENTURY 129
24. CHAPTER 16 EL GRINGUITO 137
25. CHAPTER 17 SAME JOKE, DIFFERENT CLOWN 145
26. CHAPTER 18 PLAGAS 153
27. CHAPTER 19 THE BANANTHROPOCENE 161
28. PART 4: GREEN FUTURES
29. Introduction 175
30. CHAPTER 20 STORIES 177
31. CHAPTER 21 EVIDENCE I: REGULATING AND LITIGATING TOXICS 187
32. CHAPTER 22 EVIDENCE II: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND “DEVELOPING COUNTRIES” 201
33. CHAPTER 23 SHOPPING 215
34. CHAPTER 24 NOTICING 229
35. CHAPTER 25 PLOTTING 241
36. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 253
37. GLOSSARY 257
38. NOTES 261
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
40. INDEX 321