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_aCrawford, Matthew James, _eauthor. |
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_aThe Andean wonder drug _h[electronic resource] : _bcinchona bark and imperial science in the Spanish Atlantic, 1630-1800 / _cMatthew James Crawford. |
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_aPittsburgh, PA : _bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, _c[2016] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015) |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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_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. |
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_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. |
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_aSCIENCE / History. _2bisacsh |
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_aScience _xSocial aspects. |
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_aMedicine _xHistory. |
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_aDrugs _xHistory. |
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_aCinchona bark _xTherapeutic use _yEarly works to 1800. |
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/46110/ |
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