Jungle laboratories: Mexican peasants, national projects, and the making of the pill

Abstract

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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