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008			160426s2016 pau o 00 0 eng d
010			_z 2016007477
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020			_z9780822944522 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020			_z0822944529
035			_a(OCoLC)951070015
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aRS165.C3 _bC73 2016
082	0	0	_a615.1 _223
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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