Plants and Empire (Record no. 2119)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 2119 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20241010134231.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2004047364 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674025684 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | -- |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RG137.45.S35 2004 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 581.6'34-- |
| Item number | dc22 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Plants and Empire |
| Remainder of title | : Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | / Londa Schiebinger |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harvard University Press; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 306p; |
| Dimensions | 23x15cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Plants 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. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | R131-687 History of medicine. Medical expeditions |
| 9 (RLIN) | 5621 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Medicine | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 10/23/1 | SB15- Annalee Davis Reading Room | R131-687 191.336 | 2119 | 01/12/2023 | 01/12/2023 | Book |