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<div align="center"><b><i>Modern Times, Rural Places:<br>
Seminar Series at MIT<br>
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"Beauty and the Bourgeoisie: <br>
Historical Geographies of Fruit and Freshness" <br>
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Susanne Freidberg<br>
Associate Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College<br>
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Of all the fresh food in the supermarket, fruit is the beauty
queen. We are seduced by its color and flawless form, though often
disappointed by its insipid flavor. Much has been written about how
the demands of modern retailing favor fruits that look and travel better
than they taste. This presentation, however, suggests a more complicated
story, drawing on examples from California and France. The tendencies
shaping modern fruit production and marketing date back farther than we
commonly assume, and they are inseparable from the economic, social and
cultural relations linking cities and their hinterlands. By exploring
these relationships, this paper seeks to shed light on the larger
history--and<br>
geography--of freshness.<br>
<div align="center"><b> <br>
Friday, February 10, 2006<br>
2:30 to 4:30 pm<br>
Building E51 Room 095<br>
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Sponsored by MIT’s History Faculty and the Program in Science,
Technology, and Society<br>
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