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Autore |
Schiebinger Londa L |
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Plants and empire [[electronic resource] ] : colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world / / Londa Schiebinger |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 306 p. ) : ill., ports |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pride-of-Barbados (Plant) |
Herbal abortifacients - History |
Slavery - Caribbean Area - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-297) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments Introduction "The Base for All Economics" Plan of the Book 1. 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 2. Bioprospecting Drug Prospecting in the West Indies Biocontact Zones Secrets and Monopolies Drug Prospecting at Home Brokers of International Knowledge 3. Exotic Abortifacients Merian's Peacock Flower Abortion in Europe Abortion in the West Indies: The Colonial Sexual Economy Abortion and the Slave Trade 4. The Fate of the Peacock Flower in Europe Animal Testing Self Experimentation Human Subjects Testing for Sexual Difference The Complications of Race Abortifacients 5. Linguistic Imperialism Empire and Naming the Kingdoms of Nature Naming Conundrums Exceptions: Quassia and Cinchona Alternative Naming Practices Conclusion: Agnotology Notes Bibliography Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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