Schiebinger colonial botany book

Click download or read online button to get modern botany book now. Londa schiebinger is professor of history of science at stanford university and the author of the mind has no sex. Londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial scienceshopefully, schiebingers intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand nonformationon the. Londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Science, commerce, and politics, edited by londa schiebinger, claudia swan university of. Sep 18, 2007 natural history 20050401 londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Written by scholars as international as their subjects, colonial botany uncovers an emerging cultural history of plants and botanical practices in europe and its possessions. Londa schiebinger the clayman institute for gender research.

Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise. Plants and empire londa schiebinger harvard university press. The colonialism of linnaean botany 34 staffan mullerwille 3. Plants and empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world paperback average rating. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Religious doctrine, territorial politics, and french plant collection 19 chandra mukerji 2. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies. Thus botany served european empires by identifying and reproducing sources of food and medicine, finding domestic within the empire substitutes for imported goods, and transplanting various plant species so they could be grown by and for a given empire schiebinger 2004. Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. Charting a new map of botany along colonial coordinates, reaching from europe to the new world, india, asia, and other points on the globe, colonial botany explores how the study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of rare and beautiful plants resulted from and shaped european voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration.

Read colonial botany science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world by available from rakuten kobo. Contents introduction londa schiebinger and claudia swan i. Charting a new map of botany along colonial coordinates, reaching from. May 12, 2008 discover book depositorys huge selection of londa schiebinger books online. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world professor history of science londa schiebinger, claudia swan isbn. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and pure systems. Science, commerce, and politics, edited by londa schiebinger and claudia swan university of pennsylvania press. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their king and country. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world. Londa schiebinger, claudia swan philadelphia, pa, university of. Londa schiebinger, claudia swan philadelphia, pa, university of pennsylvania press, 2005.

O livro ganhou o premio atlantic history, da american historical association, em 2005, o alf andrew heggoy book prize, da french colonial historical society, em 2005, e o j. Colonial botany is defined here as the study, naming, cultivation and marketing of plants in colonial contexts p. Colonial botany science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world edited by londa schiebinger and claudia swan. By michael robinson 588 londa schiebinger and claudia swan eds.

Colonial botany ebook by 9780812293470 rakuten kobo. Its geographical scope is expansive, focusing on the movement of medicinal knowledge from the british, french, and dutch caribbean to northern europe. Discover book depositorys huge selection of londa schiebinger books online. Colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic world and bernard bailyn, atlantic history. As the editors write, the story of colonial botany is as much a story of trans planting. Londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences hopefully, schiebingers intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand nonformation. She is a member of the american academy of arts and sciences. In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to europes national and trade ambitions. Colonial botany the history of botany and its effect on. Colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic world cambridge, mass harvard university press, 2004, pp. Natural history 20050401 londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences hopefully, schiebingers intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand non. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world by londa schiebinger, claudia swan isbn. Worth estes prize for the history of pharmacology, american association for the history of medicine, 2005, for.

Hinds professor of history of science in the history department at stanford university, and joined stanfords clayman institute for gender research in april of 2004 as the barbara d. Finberg director of the institute for research on women and gender, stanford university. Free shipping due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world edited by. In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business. Home new books botanical plant hunting colonial botany. Carruthers on schiebinger and swan, colonial botany. Plants and empire colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic. Worth estes prize for the history of pharmacology, da american association for the history of medicine, em 2005.

Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world 9780812220094. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic world 2004. Colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic world harvard university press. Hinds professor of history of science and barbara d.

Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world londa schiebinger, claudia swan in the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to europes national and trade ambitions. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their. This volume breaks new ground by treating the development of the science of botany in its colonial context and situating the early modern exploration of the plant world at the volatile nexus of. Science, commerce, and politics, edited by londa schiebinger, claudia swan university of pennsylvania press 2004. Buy colonial botany the history of botany and its effect on trade, oxfam, schiebinger, londa, 0812220099, 9780812220094, books, history cookies on oxfam we use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience on our website. Hopefully, schiebingers intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand non. Winner of the prize in atlantic history, american historical association, 2005, and the alf andrew heggoy book prize, french colonial historical society, 2005. Natural history 20050401 londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Despite its awkward and somewhat misleading title, londa schiebingers plants and empire is a compelling study of botany, gender and medicine in the long eighteenth.