Creolised Science

Knowledge in the Eighteenth-Century Indo-Pacific

Dorit Brixius

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Cambridge University Press
04 April 2024

History of other lands; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Colonialism & imperialism; History of science

Series: Science in History

This rich, deeply researched study offers the first comprehensive exploration of cross-cultural plant knowledge in eighteenth-century Mauritius. Using the concept of creolisation – the process by which elements of different cultures are brought together to create entangled and evolving new entities – Brixius examines the production of knowledge on an island without long-established traditions of botany as understood by Europeans. Once foreign plants and knowledge arrived in Mauritius, they were adapted to new environmental circumstances and a new socio-cultural space. Brixius explores how French colonists, settlers, mediators, labourers and enslaved people experienced and shaped the island's botanical past, centring the contributions of subaltern actors. By foregrounding neglected non-European actors from both Africa and Asia, within a melting pot of cultivation traditions from around the world, she presents a truly global history of botanical knowledge.

By: Dorit Brixius
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781009200448
ISBN 10: 1009200445
Series: Science in History
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 04 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dorit Brixius is a historian of global science and medicine interested in eighteenth-century botany and France's Indian Ocean colonies.

Reviews for Creolised Science: Knowledge in the Eighteenth-Century Indo-Pacific

'This book presents a detailed analysis based on careful study of archival sources to provide a complex picture of the social and sometimes political factors involved in the successful propagation of the plants of Mauritius and the knowledge, both practical and scientific, that resulted from the combined efforts of the island's creolized population … Recommended.' J. W. Dauben, CHOICE