Claiming Indigenous Plant Knowledge - From Botanical Exchanges to Resource Extraction in the Indian Ocean

This book explores the collection and documentation of the natural world's development over the course of the nineteenth century into a vast network of scientists who attempted to categorize and understand nature, particularly in the botanically rich Indian Ocean.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: British Expansion & Indigenous Plant Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter One: Early Exchanges and Botanic Networks
Chapter Two: Collecting Resources and Codifying Knowledge
Chapter Three: Gender and Intersectionality
Chapter Four: Making Productive Colonies
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Carey McCormack is assistant professor of global history at George Mason University, Korea.

Summary

This book explores the collection and documentation of the natural world’s development over the course of the nineteenth century into a vast network of scientists who attempted to categorize and understand nature, particularly in the botanically rich Indian Ocean.

Product details

• Authors: Carey McCormack
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666946796
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-679-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, General & world history, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General