Plucked from tropical America, the pineapple was brought to European tables and hothouses before it was conveyed back to the tropics, where it came to dominate U.S. and world markets. Pineapple Culture is a dazzling history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrious career. Following Gary Y. Okihiro's enthusiastically received Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States, Pineapple Culture continues to upend conventional ideas about history, space, and time with its provocative vision.