Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World - Londa Schiebinger - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674025684 - September 1, 2007
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Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World

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In the 18th century, bioprospectors sponsored by European imperial powers brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples from the New World to their king and country. This book explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.

320 pages, 20 halftones

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Released September 1, 2007
ISBN13 9780674025684
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 320
Dimensions 153 × 231 × 23 mm   ·   500 g
Language English  

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