5. Truths and Untruths from the Indies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. 1. Worldly Goods and the Transformations of Objectivity 1
5. 2. An Information Economy 42
6. 3. Reformations Tempered 82
7. 4. Commerce and Medicine in Amsterdam 133
8. 5. Truths and Untruths from the Indies 175
9. 6. Medicine and Materialism 226
10. 7. Industry and Analysis 267
11. 8. Gardens of the Indies Transported 304
12. 9. Translating What Works 339
13. 10. The Refusal to Speculate 378
14. 11. Conclusions and Comparisons 410
15. Notes 417
16. Bibliography 473
17. Index 537