Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface to the Second Edition ix
4. Preface to the First Edition xvii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction. Linking Places of Production and Consumption 1
7. Chapter 1 Going Bananas 18
8. Chapter 2 Space Invaders 41
9. Chapter 3 Altered Landscapes and Transformed Livelihoods 75
10. Chapter 4 Sigatoka, Science, and Control 104
11. Chapter 5 Revisiting the Green Prison 128
12. Chapter 6 The Lives and Time of Miss Chiquita 161
13. Chapter 7 La Química 193
14. Chapter 8 Banana Cultures in Comparative Perspective 216
15. Postscript to the Second Edition 246
16. Notes 265
17. Bibliography 312
18. Index 338