Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
A Botany of Violence
Engelsk Paperback
A Botany of Violence
Engelsk Paperback

402 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog

From germ theory to plantation logic, this book charts the 528-year legacy of global, colonial powers in the violent search for the elusive Cinchona plant of South America, the only known natural cure for malaria in the world. Stolen by the Jesuits in the 17th century, smuggled abroad by Britain and Holland during the 18th century, mapped by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century, and exploited by global pharma in the 20th century, the Cinchona plant and the story of its powerful quinine extract not only lie at the base of modern civilisation but trace the deep roots of Indigenous, territorial resistance back to the Amazon and the Andes. Using the unfamiliar format of an illustrated historical timeline, the chronological organisation of images and stories presented as unique spatial evidence offer counter-narratives to the conventional bounded map of the nation state and the distancing of the past that often overshadows and obscures realities of the present-future.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
500
ISBN-13:
9781951541934
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1951541936
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
27 okt 2022
Længde:
39mm
Bredde:
167mm
Højde:
143mm
Forlag:
Oro Editions
Oplagsdato:
27 okt 2022
Kategori sammenhænge