Plants and empire (Record no. 60367)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674025684
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Zafaa Books & Distributors
Distributor address : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.
Bill Number : ZBD0084
Bill Date : 13/06/2023
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 581.634 SCH
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Schiebinger, Londa L.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Plants and empire
Remainder of title : colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Londa L Schiebinger.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Cambridge, Mass.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Harvard University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 306 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 3663
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note <br/>Contents<br/>Acknowledgments<br/>Introduction<br/>1 Voyaging Out<br/>2 Bioprospecting<br/>3 Exotic Abortifacients<br/>4 The Fate of the Peacock Flower in Europe<br/>5 Linguistic Imperialism<br/>Conclusion: Agnotology<br/>Notes<br/>Bibliography<br/>Credits<br/>Index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A rich history of discovery and loss, 'Plants and Empire' explores the movement, triumph and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations. 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, Schiebinger describes how slave women brewed the "peacock flower" into an abortifacient, to ensure that they would bear no children into oppression. Yet, impeded by trade winds of prevailing opinion, knowledge of West Indian abortifacients never flowed into Europe. A rich history of discovery and loss, Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Caribbean Area
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Caribbean Region
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Herbal abortifacients
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Londa L. Schiebinger.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 19/06/2023 Zafaa Books   581.634 SCH 29344 19/06/2023 19/06/2023 Books
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