LEADER 04207nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910455106503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04327-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043275 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786993 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222421 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185282 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222421 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169815 035 $a(PQKB)11060059 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310022 035 $a(OCoLC)923108821 035 $a(DE-B1597)574346 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043275 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786993 100 $a20040511d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlants and empire$b[electronic resource] $ecolonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world /$fLonda Schiebinger 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (x, 306 p. )$cill., ports 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 $a0-674-01487-1 311 $a0-674-02568-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 286-297) and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments 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 330 8 $aA rich history of discovery and loss, 'Plants and Empire' explores the movement, triumph and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.$bPlants 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. 606 $aPride-of-Barbados (Plant) 606 $aHerbal abortifacients$xHistory 606 $aSlavery$zCaribbean Area$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPride-of-Barbados (Plant) 615 0$aHerbal abortifacients$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory. 676 $a581.6340972909033 686 $aNU 1500$2rvk 700 $aSchiebinger$b Londa L$01002320 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455106503321 996 $aPlants and empire$92300466 997 $aUNINA