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028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi. _c: ZBD0084 _d: 13/06/2023
082			_a581.634 SCH
100			_aSchiebinger, Londa L.
245			_aPlants and empire _b: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world. _c/ Londa L Schiebinger.
260			_a, Cambridge, Mass. _b: Harvard University Press _c, 2004.
300			_ax, 306 pages _b : illustrations _c: 24cm.
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505			_a 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
520			_aA 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
650			_aCaribbean Area
650			_aCaribbean Region
650			_aHerbal abortifacients
650			_aHistory.
700			_aLonda L. Schiebinger.
942			_cBOOK
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