02404nam a22002537a 4500 20230619122122.0 230619b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780674025684 : Zafaa Books & Distributors : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi. : ZBD0084 : 13/06/2023 581.634 SCH Schiebinger, Londa L. Plants and empire : colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world. / Londa L Schiebinger. , Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2004. x, 306 pages : illustrations : 24cm. 3663 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 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 Caribbean Area Caribbean Region Herbal abortifacients History. Londa L. Schiebinger. BOOK 60367 60367 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2023-06-19 Zafaa Books 0 581.634 SCH 29344 2023-06-19 00:00:00 2023-06-19 BOOK