Who were the colonial botanists of the eighteenth century. In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to europes national and trade ambitions. Gender in the making of modern science beacon press, 1993, isbn 9780807089002. Feminism in twentiethcentury science, technology, and medicine, coedited with. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise. Hopefully, schiebinger s intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand nonformationon the colonial. Colonial botanythe study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of plants in colonial contextswas born of and supported european voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration.
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Londa schiebinger, claudia swan philadelphia, pa, university of pennsylvania press, 2005. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world by londa schiebinger, claudia swan isbn. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world 9780812220094. May 12, 2008 discover book depositorys huge selection of londa schiebinger books online. Claudia swan a wideranging collection of essays on plants as market forces. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Written by scholars as international as their subjects, colonial botany uncovers an emerging cultural history of plants and botanical practices in europe and its possessions.
Philadelphia, university of pennsylvania press, 2005. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Colonial botany developed along with a web of trade routes, and was informed by patterns of commerce and naval prowess that kept them open. A taxonomical, nomenclatural, and historical account of the plants depicted in the moninckx atlas and in the four books by jan and caspar commelin on the plants in the hortus medicus amstelodamensis, 16821710. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world. Oct 15, 2018 prior to photography, handdrawn botanical illustration was the primary source for identification and analysis of flora and fauna. Sep 18, 2007 natural history 20050401 londa schiebinger s ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. And although these works are not as relevant to researchers today, they have become an inspiration for artists who continue to pay homage to plant life in contemporary ways. Colonial botany science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world edited by londa schiebinger and claudia swan. Schiebinger is wellprepared, as the author or editor of numerous books and essays on colonial sciencein particular, the connections between plants, botany, medicine and empireto tackle these three questions. Free shipping due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Hinds professor of history of science and barbara d. Colonial botany is defined here as the study, naming, cultivation and marketing of plants in colonial contexts p.
Carruthers on schiebinger and swan, colonial botany. Londa schiebinger s ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and pure systems. Finberg director of the institute for research on women and gender, stanford university. Philadelphia, pa, university of pennsylvania press, 2005.
The colonialism of linnaean botany 34 staffan mullerwille 3. Colonial bioprospecting in the atlantic world harvard university press. Angela creager and elizabeth lunbeck university of chicago press, 2001. The expanding science of plants depended on access to ever fartherflung regions of the globe.
An international authority on the theory, practice, and history of gender in science, she is currently director of gendered innovations in science, medicine. Hinds professor of history of science, department of history, and by courtesy the dschool, stanford university. Londa schiebingers ambitious, eminently readable new book focuses on the long eighteenth century when botany reigned as queen of the colonial sciences hopefully, schiebingers intellectual voyage beyond europes borders will lead many others to recognize the fundamental importance of knowledge formationand nonformationon the colonial. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world kindle edition by schiebinger, londa, swan, claudia.
From 20042010, schiebinger served as the director of stanfords clayman institute for gender research. As the editors write, the story of colonial botany is as much a story of trans planting. Religious doctrine, territorial politics, and french plant collection 19 chandra mukerji 2. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world londa schiebinger, claudia swan in the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to europes national and trade ambitions. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Colonial botany by londa schiebinger overdrive rakuten. Modern botany download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Charting a new map of botany along colonial coordinates, reaching from europe to the new world, india, asia, and other points on the globe, colonial botany explores how the study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of rare and beautiful plants resulted from and shaped european voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration. Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world by londa schiebinger editor, claudia swan editor. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of. Home new books botanical plant hunting colonial botany. Colonial botany the history of botany and its effect on. Gender in the making of modern science new brunswick. Buy colonial botany the history of botany and its effect on trade, oxfam, schiebinger, londa, 0812220099, 9780812220094, books, history cookies on oxfam we use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience on our website.
Londa schiebinger, claudia swan philadelphia, pa, university of. Londa schiebinger is professor of history of science at stanford university and the author of the mind has no sex. Science, commerce, and politics, coedited with claudia swan university of pennsylvania press, 2005. Contents introduction londa schiebinger and claudia swan i. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies.
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