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Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, Medicine in 18th Century Atlantic World
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- Slavery, Ethics, Modern / 18th Century, Tropical Medicine
- Subject Area
- Medical, History, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781503600171
- Publication Name
- Secret Cures of Slaves : People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In the natural course of events, humans fall sick and die. The history of medicine bristles with attempts to find new and miraculous remedies, to work with and against nature to restore humans to health and well-being. In this book, Londa Schiebinger examines medicine and human experimentation in the Atlantic World, exploring the circulation of people, disease, plants, and knowledge between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. She traces the development of a colonial medical complex from the 1760s, when a robust experimental culture emerged in the British and French West Indies, to the early 1800s, when debates raged about banning the slave trade and, eventually, slavery itself. Massive mortality among enslaved Africans and European planters, soldiers, and sailors fueled the search for new healing techniques. Amerindian, African, and European knowledges competed to cure diseases emerging from the collision of peoples on newly established, often poorly supplied, plantations. But not all knowledge was equal. Highlighting the violence and fear endemic to colonial struggles, Schiebinger explores aspects of African medicine that were not put to the test, such as Obeah and vodou . This book analyzes how and why specific knowledges were blocked, discredited, or held secret.
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Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
1503600173
ISBN-13
9781503600171
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234524570
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Secret Cures of Slaves : People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Slavery, Ethics, Modern / 18th Century, Tropical Medicine
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Medical, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
7 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
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2016-049163
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
R853.H8s347 2017
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Londa Schiebinger's insightful book provides us with a conceptual grid for understanding the production and distribution of medical knowledge and the ethics of experimentation, opening up many fertile new avenues for research.
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2017
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