Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, “ Londa Schiebinger’s ambitious,

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Londa Schiebinger has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. 2005-10-01 Schiebinger mentions many useful plants, but focuses on one in particular to show how empire building and imperialism manifested itself in such an innocuous activity as botany. The Peacock flower, which grew widely in the Caribbean and was used by local women as a way to end unwanted pregnancies, caught the eye of European collectors quite early. “We repair our Bodies with the Drugs of America,” enthused Joseph Addison in his essay on “The Royal Exchange,” and “repose ourselves under Indian Canopies” (Th Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, “ Londa Schiebinger’s ambitious, Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004). J. Worth Estes Prize for the History of Pharmacology, Interview, Londa Schiebinger, "Factoring Gender into Innovation for Better Outcomes", WIPO Magazine, Geneva, August 2017.

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Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University. She is the author of the award-winning Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004), among many other works.

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Londa Schiebinger’s ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on “the long eighteenth century” when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Its geographical scope is expansive, focusing on the movement of medicinal knowledge from the British, French, and Dutch Caribbean to northern Europe. Buy Plants and Empire (9780674025684): Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World: NHBS - Londa Schiebinger, Harvard University Press Her Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World investigates women's indigenous knowledge about abortifacients and why this knowledge did not travel. Londa Schiebinger has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University. She is the author of the award-winning Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004), among many other works.

Londa Schiebinger has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Plants and Empire : Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (9780674025684).pdf writen by Londa Schiebinger: Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue.

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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. Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between

She is the author of the award-winning Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004), among many other works. Londa Schiebinger’s ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on “the long eighteenth century” when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Its geographical scope is expansive, focusing on the movement of medicinal knowledge from the British, French, and Dutch Caribbean to northern Europe. Buy Plants and Empire (9780674025684): Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World: NHBS - Londa Schiebinger, Harvard University Press Her Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World investigates women's indigenous knowledge about abortifacients and why this knowledge did not travel. Londa Schiebinger has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Plants and Empire : Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (9780674025684).pdf writen by Londa Schiebinger: Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. Londa Schiebinger (shē/bing/ǝr; born May 13, 1952) is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Department of History, and by courtesy the d-school, Stanford University.