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008 201225s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a2020057136
020 _a1620975238
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9781620975237
_q(hardcover)
040 _aDNAL/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dMiTN
042 _apcc
050 4 _aSB317.P3
_bZ835 2021
082 0 0 _a633.8/51
_223
100 1 _aZuckerman, Jocelyn C.,
245 1 0 _aPlanet palm :
_bhow palm oil ended up in everything -- and endangered the world /
_cJocelyn C. Zuckerman.
260 _aNew York :
_bThe New Press,
_c2021.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bThe New Press,
_c2021.
300 _a335 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart 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 the Power.
520 _a"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 ingredient. This groundbreaking work of first-rate journalism compels us to examine the connections between the choices we make at the grocery store and a planet under siege"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aPalm oil.
650 0 _aPalm products.
650 0 _aPalms
_xUtilization.
999 _c506287
_d506287