Colonial Agro-Industrialism : Science, Industry and the State in the Dutch Golden Alkaloid Age, 1850-1950

摘要: This thesis is about what I call the Dutch Golden Alkaloid Age between roughly 1850s and 1950s. follow historical trajectory of production distribution anti-febrifuge cinchona bark tree (Cinchona officinalis Lin.) its most powerful therapeutically applied alkaloid in empire—quinine, an antimalarial medicine. During this period, scientists, planters, traders, industrialists state officials Netherlands former colony Indies cooperated establishment a profitable exploitable transoceanic cinchona-quinine enterprise. In thesis, show how through dynamic process knowledge exchange, innovation, economic cooperation, network planters quinine state-sponsored scientists was established succeeded gaining international control over raw material bark. Henceforth, came to play dominant role first global pharmaceutical cartel that controlled industrial medicine quinine. makes fundamental contribution historiographies science technology, as well industrialization colonialism, by showing necessity closely connecting colonial history with late nineteenth early twentieth centuries vice versa. By looking at innovation exchange – branded agro-industrialism resulted establishing network, provides two new historiographic insights. First, using example, offers unique insight into dynamics relationships among industry, biomedical science, public health during embryonic period for all three fields. Second, development modern concept (colonial) builds further on historiographical pre-modern concepts botany green imperialism. narratives technology nation we can better understand imperial objectives agro-industrial exploitability profitability are connected creating industry motherland.