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Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Contributor(s): Schiebinger, Londa (Author)
ISBN: 1503602915     ISBN-13: 9781503602915
Publisher: Stanford University Press
OUR PRICE:   $24.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Social Science | Slavery
- History | Caribbean & West Indies - General
Dewey: 610.724
LCCN: 2016049163
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Topical - Black History
 
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Publisher Description:
This book explores the history of drug development and testing in the eighteenth-century Atlantic World, looking especially at whether slaves were exploited in human medical experiments at the time.