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050 0 0 _aRS165.C3
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100 1 _aCrawford, Matthew James,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Andean wonder drug
_h[electronic resource] :
_bcinchona bark and imperial science in the Spanish Atlantic, 1630-1800 /
_cMatthew James Crawford.
260 _aPittsburgh, PA :
_bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,
_c[2016]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. In 1751, the Spanish Crown asserted control over the production and distribution of this medicament by establishing a royal reserve of "fever trees" in Quito. Through this pilot project, the Crown pursued a new vision of imperialism informed by science and invigorated through commerce. But ultimately this project failed, much like the broader imperial reforms that it represented. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford explains why, showing how indigenous healers, laborers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. The Andean Wonder Drug uses the story of cinchona bark to demonstrate how the imperial politics of knowledge in the Spanish Atlantic ultimately undermined efforts to transform European science into a tool of empire"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / History.
_2bisacsh
650 0 _aScience
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDrugs
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCinchona bark
_xTherapeutic use
_yEarly works to 1800.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/46110/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 History
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
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