Plants and Empire : Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World.

By:

Schiebinger, Londa

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674043275

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plants and EmpireDDC classification:

581.6/34

LOC classification:

RG137

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Voyaging Out -- 2 Bioprospecting -- 3 Exotic Abortifacients -- 4 The Fate of the Peacock Flower in Europe -- 5 Linguistic Imperialism -- Conclusion: Agnotology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.

Summary: In the 18th century, bioprospectors sponsored by European imperial powers brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples from the New World to their king and country. This book explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.

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In the 18th century, bioprospectors sponsored by European imperial powers brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples from the New World to their king and country. This book explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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