Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Global Fruit -- The Global Banana Trade -- Banana Cultures: Linking the Production and Consumption of Export Bananas, 1800–1980 -- United Fruit Company in Latin America -- 2 Central and South America -- One Hundred Years of...

One of the most turbulent periods in the history of prairie agriculture is chronicled in a new book about the life and times of Alexander "Mac" Runciman, the Saskatchewan farmer who led the United Grain Growers as president from 1961 to 1981. Mac Runciman earned the respect and admiration on...