Book ID: 86848
Schiebinger, Londa
Plants and Empire. Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World. 2004. 20 halftones. 320 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Introd./ Voyaging Out ( Botanistes Voyageurs, Maria Sybille Merian,Biopirates, Who Owns Nature? Voyaging Botanical Assistants, CreoleNaturalists and Long - Term Residents, etc.)/ Bioprospecting (DrugProspecting in the West Indies, Biocontact Zones, Secrets and Monopolies, etc.)/ Exotic Abortifications (Merian's Peacock Flower,Abortion in Europe, Abortion in the West Indies, etc.)/ The Fate ofthe Peacock Flower in Europe ( Animal Testing, Self - Experimentation,Human Subjects, etc.)/ Linguistic Imperialism (Empire and Naming theKingdom of Nature, Naming Conundrums, Exceptions: Quassia and Cinchona,Alternative Naming Practices)/ Conclusion: Agnotology/ Bibliography.