Shows how wild yams, once considered useless, briefly became indispensable to the global pharmaceutical industry (as a source of synthetic steroid hormones) and to the peasants who gathered them.
Shows how wild yams, once considered useless, briefly became indispensable to the global pharmaceutical industry (as a source of synthetic steroid hormones) and to the peasants who gathered them.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Papaloapan, Poverty, and a Wild Yam 23 2. Mexican Peasants, a Foreign Chemist, and the Mexican Father of the Pill 39 3. Discovering and Gathering the New "Green Gold" 71 4. Patents, Compounds, and Steroid-Making Peasants 91 5. A Yam, Students, and a Populist Project 113 6. The State Takes Control of Barbasco: The Emergence of Proquivemex (1974–1976) 133 7. Proquivemex and Transnational Steroid Laboratories 151 8. Barbasqueros into Mexicans 169 9. Roots of Discord 197 Epilogue 223 Appendix. General Questionnaire for Former Barbasco Pickers 237 Notes 239 Bibliography 287 Index 319
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Papaloapan, Poverty, and a Wild Yam 23 2. Mexican Peasants, a Foreign Chemist, and the Mexican Father of the Pill 39 3. Discovering and Gathering the New "Green Gold" 71 4. Patents, Compounds, and Steroid-Making Peasants 91 5. A Yam, Students, and a Populist Project 113 6. The State Takes Control of Barbasco: The Emergence of Proquivemex (1974–1976) 133 7. Proquivemex and Transnational Steroid Laboratories 151 8. Barbasqueros into Mexicans 169 9. Roots of Discord 197 Epilogue 223 Appendix. General Questionnaire for Former Barbasco Pickers 237 Notes 239 Bibliography 287 Index 319
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