Laveaga, Gabriela Soto (Author)
Duke University Press
Publication date: 2009
Language: English
Physical Details: xii + 331 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Description Discusses the rise of Mexico's role in global phamaceuticals, from the 1940s when chemists discovered an indigenous yam useful in mass production of synthetic steroid hormones, cortisone, and oral contraceptives.
Review Irina Podgorny (2021) Review of "The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic". Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society.
Review Rugeley, Terry (2012) Review of "Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill". Ethnohistory: Journal of the American Society for Ethnohistory (p. 662).
Review McCook, Stuart (2011) Review of "Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 808).
Review Marks, Lara (2011) Review of "Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill". Medical History (p. 270).
Review Beatty, Edward (2011) Review of "Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill". Technology and Culture (p. 840).
Review Agostoni, Claudia (2011) Review of "Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill". American Historical Review (pp. 493-494).
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