Plants and Empire Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World

Name: Plants and Empire Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World
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ISBN: 9780674025684

ISBN-10: 0674025687

ISBN-13: 9780674025684

Edition: 2004

Authors: Londa Schiebinger

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Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, and uncover the botanical secrets of its people. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their king and country. Risking their lives to discover exotic plants, these daredevil explorers joined with their sponsors to create a global culture of botany. But some secrets were unearthed only to be lost again. In this moving account of the abuses of indigenous Caribbean people and African slaves,…

Book details

List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Londa Schiebinger is John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science and Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


""The Base for All Economics"" Plan of the Book



Voyaging Out Botanistes Voyageurs Maria Sibylla Merian Biopirates Who Owns Nature?


Voyaging Botanical Assistants Creole Naturalists and Long-Term Residents Armchair Botanists


The Search for the Amazons Heroic Narratives



Bioprospecting Drug Prospecting in the West Indies


Biocontact Zones Secrets and Monopolies Drug Prospecting at Home Brokers of International Knowledge



Exotic Abortifacients Merian's Peacoc