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Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world

text Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world

Summary
"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, sc... Read more
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:... Read more
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335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
The New Press 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 633.8 ZUC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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