Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World by Londa Schiebinger

Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World

Londa Schiebinger

306 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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 natur...

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