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Title Pineapple culture : a history of the tropical and temperate zones / Gary Y. Okihiro.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	909.093 Ok3p 2009	---	Available

Description	xiv, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Series	The California world history library ; 10
	California world history library ; 10.
Note	"An Ahmanson book in the humanities"--Back jacket flap.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-238) and index.
Summary	"Pineapple Culture is a dazzling history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrative career."--From publisher description.
Contents	1. Mapping desires -- 2. Empire's Tropics -- 3. Tropical fruit -- 4. Pineapple diaspora -- 5. Hawaiian mission -- 6. Tropical plantation -- 7. Hawaiian pine -- 8. Pineapple modern.
Subject	North and south.
	Imperialism -- History.
	Space and time -- History.
	Culture conflict -- History.
	Tropics -- History.
	Pineapple -- History.
	Hawaii -- History.
	Hawaii -- Relations -- United States.
	United States -- Relations -- Hawaii.
ISBN	9780520265905 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0520265904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780520255135 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0520255135 (cloth : alk. paper)