The fruits of empire : art, food, and the politics of race in the age of American expansion /
Klein, Shana,1983-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Westward the star of empire : California grapes and western expansion -- The citrus awakening : Florida oranges and the Reconstruction South -- Cutting away the rind : A history of racism and violence in representations of watermelon -- Seeing spots : The fever for bananas, land, and power -- Pineapple Republic : representations of the Dole pineapple from Hawaiian annexation to statehood -- Conclusion : new directions in scholarship on food in American art.
Fruit in art.
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Fruit in art.