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Foreign Translation: Japanese (Kosakusha Publishing Co., in progress). Home / Archives / Vol 13 No 1 (2008) / Book Reviews Londa Schiebinger, "Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World" (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004) Londa Schiebinger. Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2004.

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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. 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. Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (Harvard University Press). Foreign Translation: Japanese (Kosakusha Publishing Co., in progress).

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Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World.Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2004. x, 306 pp., illus.
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Mar 10, 2015 Schiebinger, Londa. Plants and Empire: Colonial Bio-Prospecting in the Atlantic World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.

Londa Schiebinger has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Londa Schiebinger (shē/bing/ǝr; born May 13, 1952) is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Schiebinger published Plants and Empire in 2004. Plants and Empire by Londa L. Schiebinger, 2009, Harvard University Press edition, in English In Plants and Empire, Londa Schiebinger set herself an intriguing historical challenge: how do you investigate something that never happened?

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