LEADER 04382nam 2200649 450 001 9910812989803321 005 20230124195144.0 010 $a0-8229-8139-4 035 $a(CKB)3840000000036880 035 $a(EBL)4675522 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001678739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16485647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001678739 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14981489 035 $a(PQKB)11556936 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4675522 035 $a(OCoLC)951070015 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse50985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4675522 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11259119 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL954250 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000036880 100 $a20161007h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Andean wonder drug $ecinchona bark and imperial science in the Spanish Atlantic, 1630-1800 /$fMatthew James Crawford 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8229-4452-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Madrid 327 $a6. 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 330 $a"In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. In 1751, the Spanish Crown asserted control over the production and distribution of this medicament by establishing a royal reserve of "fever trees" in Quito. Through this pilot project, the Crown pursued a new vision of imperialism informed by science and invigorated through commerce. But ultimately this project failed, much like the broader imperial reforms that it represented. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford explains why, showing how indigenous healers, laborers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCinchona bark$xTherapeutic use$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aDrugs$xHistory 606 $aMedicine$xHistory 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCinchona bark$xTherapeutic use 615 0$aDrugs$xHistory. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 676 $a615.1 686 $aSCI034000$2bisacsh 700 $aCrawford$b Matthew James$01718730 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812989803321 996 $aThe Andean wonder drug$94115899 997 $aUNINA