[Rarebooks] FS: Going Bananas in 1904...

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[Banana]  A Short History of the Banana and a Few Recipes for Its Use.

Published in Boston by the United Fruit Company. No date, but about 
1904.  An early promotional booklet by United Fruit encouraging 
Americans to eat more more more Bananas! Starts with a history of the 
development of banana farming and importing which ends by concluding 
that the only economically feasible way to bring consistently 
high-quality, affordable bananas to America was to monopolize, um, was 
to make everybody involved, from grower on up, their “partners”. This 
informative section is followed by an essay on the banana as food, and a 
selection of recipes, suitably illustrated in color. The last pages show 
a map of all the routes United Fruit steamships travel and promote their 
mail & passenger services. Entertaining in a Colonialist sort of way.

Softcover. 5”x7”, 31 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Minor 
soil, lower front cover corner chipped, o/w minor wear.  [43434]  $85

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