A Botany of Violence: 528 Years of Resistance & Resurgence

by Ghazal Jafari, Pablo Escudero, Pierre Bélanger

From germ theory to plantation logic, this book tracks 529 years of global, colonial powers in the violent search for the elusive Cinchona plant of South America.

Smuggled and stolen by the Jesuits and the Spanish Monarchy in the 17th century, transplanted by Britain and Holland in India and Indonesia during the 18th century, mapped by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century, weaponized by the U.S. in the 20th century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951541936
• ISBN13: 9781951541934
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Goff Books
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 6.5"