04382nam 2200649 450 991081298980332120230124195144.00-8229-8139-4(CKB)3840000000036880(EBL)4675522(SSID)ssj0001678739(PQKBManifestationID)16485647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001678739(PQKBWorkID)14981489(PQKB)11556936(MiAaPQ)EBC4675522(OCoLC)951070015(MdBmJHUP)muse50985(Au-PeEL)EBL4675522(CaPaEBR)ebr11259119(CaONFJC)MIL954250(EXLCZ)99384000000003688020161007h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Andean wonder drug cinchona bark and imperial science in the Spanish Atlantic, 1630-1800 /Matthew James CrawfordPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :University of Pittsburgh Press,2016.©20161 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8229-4452-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Power and Fragility of European Science in the Spanish Atlantic World; Part I. Andean, Atlantic, and Imperial Networks of Knowledge; 1. Quina as a Medicament from the Andean World; 2. Quina as a Product of the Atlantic World; 3. Quina as a Natural Resource for the Spanish Empire; Part II. The Rule of the Local and the Rise of the Botanists; 4. Loja's Bark Collectors, the King's Pharmacists, and the Search for the Best Bark; 5. Botanists as the Empire's New Experts in Madrid6. Imperial Reform, Local Knowledge, and the Limits of Botany in the Andean World7. Regalist and Mercantilist Visions of Empire in the "War of the Quinas"; Conclusion: The Natures of Empire before the "Drapery" of Modern Science; Notes; Bibliography; Index"In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--Provided by publisher."In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. In 1751, the Spanish Crown asserted control over the production and distribution of this medicament by establishing a royal reserve of "fever trees" in Quito. Through this pilot project, the Crown pursued a new vision of imperialism informed by science and invigorated through commerce. But ultimately this project failed, much like the broader imperial reforms that it represented. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford explains why, showing how indigenous healers, laborers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--Provided by publisher.Cinchona barkTherapeutic useEarly works to 1800DrugsHistoryMedicineHistoryScienceSocial aspectsCinchona barkTherapeutic useDrugsHistory.MedicineHistory.ScienceSocial aspects.615.1SCI034000bisacshCrawford Matthew James1718730MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812989803321The Andean wonder drug4115899UNINA