Book ID: CBB648495422

A Global History of Ginseng: Imperialism, Modernity and Orientalism (2022)

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Hye-sim Sŏl (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 258
Language: English

Ginseng emerged as a major international commodity in the seventeenth century, when the East India Company began trading it westward. Europeans were drawn to the plant’s efficacy as a medicine, but their attempts to transplant it for mass production were unsuccessful. Also, due to a failure of extracting its active ingredients, Western pharmacology disparaged ginseng in the process of modernization. In the meantime, ginseng was discovered on the American continent and became one of the United States’ key exports to Asia and particularly China, but never cultivated a significant domestic market. As such, historicizing the ginseng trade provides a unique perspective on the impact of both culture and economics on international trade. A compelling interdisciplinary history of over five centuries of East–West trade and cultural exchange, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of transnational history and a fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of international trade.

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Authors & Contributors
Bhatti, Anil
Hülmbauer, Cornelia
Feichtinger, Johannes
Lehmhaus, Lennart
Tom Taylor
Barclay, Katie
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Global history
Materia medica
Medicine, herbal
Imperialism
Historiography
Time Periods
Modern
Early modern
Medieval
Ancient
18th century
Enlightenment
Places
Europe
Asia
Japan
Mexico
Africa
Tahiti
Institutions
Paris. Jardin Royal des Plantes
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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