Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman.
Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman.
Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman.
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New York : The New Press, 2021.
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G 2021/0885
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English
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335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part I: Unguent of Empire -- Goldie Goes In -- The Flavor of Home -- The Napoleon of Soap -- Playboys of the South China Sea -- Part II: Something's Rotten -- Silent Summers -- Caravan Dreams -- The World Is Fat -- Smog Over Singapore -- Part III: Fate of a Fruit -- Nutella and Other Smears -- Fight...
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New York : The New Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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"Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingre...
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Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/0885
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74VKazqj60E3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazqj60E3
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ISBN
1620975238
9781620975237
DDC
633.851
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991024397617202626
