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Autore |
Levine Alex <1966-> |
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!Darwinistas! [[electronic resource] ] : the construction of evolutionary thought in nineteenth century Argentina / / Alex Levine, Adriana Novoa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-42627-7 |
9786613426277 |
90-04-22192-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages : illustrations) |
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Collana |
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History of science and medicine library, , 1872-0684 ; ; v. 27 |
Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; ; v. 5 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evolution (Biology) - Argentina - History - 19th century |
Evolution (Biology) - Social aspects - Argentina - History - 19th century |
Scientists - Argentina |
Naturalists - Argentina |
Science - Argentina - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Argentina Intellectual life 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Companion volume to: From man to ape : Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920. c2010. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Darwin in Argentina -- Conflicting Systems -- Francisco Javier Muniz (1795-1871) -- Hermann Burmeister (1807-1891) -- Francisco P. Moreno (1852-1919) -- Domingo F. Sarmiento (1811-1888) -- Eduardo Holmberg (1852-1937) -- Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) -- Jose Ingenieros (1877-1925) -- Carlos Octavio Bunge (1875-1918). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Treatments of the reception of Darwinism have focused on Western Europe and North America. This book turns to Argentina in the second half of the nineteenth century. Having hosted Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle, Argentina had a claim to being the cradle of Darwinism. Such claims, together with other cultural currents placed the appropriation or rejection of Darwinism at the center of the struggle to articulate the national identity of the emerging Argentine Republic. Two chapters of original historiography are followed by eight chapters of |
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