LEADER 03516nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910954333903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674267091 010 $a0674267095 010 $a9780674043275 010 $a0674043278 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(Au-PeEL)EBL3300031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310022 035 $a(OCoLC)923108821 035 $a(DE-B1597)574346 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300031 035 $a(dli)HEB06217 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000006861979 035 $a(OCoLC)1257324064 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786993 100 $a20040511d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlants and empire $ecolonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world /$fLonda Schiebinger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (x, 306 pages)$cillustrations 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 0 $a9780674014879 311 0 $a0674014871 311 0 $a9780674025684 311 0 $a0674025687 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 286-297) and index. 327 $aContents 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 330 $aPlants 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$xHistory 615 0$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 $a9910954333903321 996 $aPlants and empire$92300466 997 $aUNINA