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Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World Londa Schiebinger
Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World
Londa Schiebinger
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
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 1 de setembro de 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674025684 |
| Editoras | Harvard University Press |
| Páginas | 320 |
| Dimensões | 153 × 231 × 23 mm · 500 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |