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.
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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.
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Pittsburgh. 2016. June 2016. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780822944522. 336 pages. hardcover. keywords: History of Science. FROM THE PUBLISHER-‘Matthew Crawford deals with a story (cinchona bark) and a problem (the production of scientific knowledge in the early modern period) based on primary sources that have not been discussed before. A very interesting book, well documented, and fun to read. '-Antonio Barrera, author of Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution 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 anti-malarial 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. inventory #42793.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 284p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket may have minor wear on the edges.
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