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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457548203321

Autore

Levine Alex <1966->

Titolo

!Darwinistas! [[electronic resource] ] : the construction of evolutionary thought in nineteenth century Argentina / / Alex Levine, Adriana Novoa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-42627-7

9786613426277

90-04-22192-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages : illustrations)

Collana

History of science and medicine library, , 1872-0684 ; ; v. 27

Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

NovoaAdriana <1963->

Disciplina

576.8/20982

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Companion volume to: From man to ape : Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920. c2010.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

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



new English translations of primary sources from the Argentine reception of Darwinism, including texts (by Domingo Sarmiento, Eduardo Holmberg, and others) well known to students of Latin American letters, but never before published in English.