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

Part One: Ginseng Meets the West 1. The Arrival of Korean Ginseng in Europe 2. Ginseng Studies by the English Royal Society and French Royal Academy of Sciences 3. The Discovery of Ginseng in North America 4. The Classification and Medical Use of Ginseng Part Two: The World System of Ginseng 5. Korean, Chinese and Japanese Policies and the Ginseng Trade6. The East India Company’s Private tradein Ginseng 7. Ginseng, America’s First Export Item 8. Ginseng and Circumstances in East Asia Part Three: Crisis and Response 9. Expunction from Pharmacopoeias? 10. Western Medicine’s View of Ginseng’s Efficacy 11. Reform of Pharmacopoeias and Challenges to Extracting Active Ingredients 12. Ginseng's Slow Entry into the Modern Pharmaceutical System 13. The Depletion of Wild Ginseng and the Beginning of Farmed Ginseng Part Four: The Orientalism Surrounding Ginseng 14. Analogizing and Ostracization 15. Mysterious Orientality 16. Ginseng Diggers in the East and West 17. Ginseng Diggers’ Image and Internal Colonialism