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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806168303321

Titolo

Darwinism in Argentina [[electronic resource] ] : major texts, 1845-1909 / / edited by Leila Gómez ; translated by Nicholas Ford Callaway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Bucknell University Press, : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011

ISBN

1-280-65113-X

9786613634122

1-61148-387-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GómezLeila

CallawayNicholas Ford

Disciplina

576.8/20982

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology) - Argentina - History - 19th century

Evolution (Biology) - Social aspects - Argentina - History - 19th century

Argentina Intellectual life 19th century Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; THE WOODPECKER OF THE PAMPAS; THE RESPONSE; THE MUÑI-FELIS BONAERENSIS; A LETTER TO MUÑIZ; ÑATA OXEN; PART II; TWO PARTIES IN CONFLICT; CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN; THE STUDY OF SOUTH AMERICAN MAN; DARWIN; LUZ DEL DÍA'S PILGRIMAGE; HISTORY OF CREATION; REMEMBRANCE IN HONOR OF DARWIN; TRIBUTE TO AMEGHINO; NATURALISM AND EDUCATION; YZUR; PART III; THE ARGENTINE MASSES; OUR AMERICA; THE SOCIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF ARGENTINA; RACIAL CONFLICT AND HARMONY IN THE AMERICAS

BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; ABOUT THE EDITOR

Sommario/riassunto

Darwinism in Argentina: Major Texts (1845-1909) brings together essays, letters, short-stories, and public lectures by travelers, scientists, writers, and politicians about Darwin and the theory of evolution in XIX century Argentina. This selection of texts provides a thorough overview of the socio-ideological implications of the theory



of evolution in South America, as well as the intellectual debate this scientific theory promoted in the discourses of fiction, law, history, and medicine in the form