02597oam 22005654a 450 991043325580332120230718212905.097808165346160816534616(CKB)3710000000856208(MiAaPQ)EBC4676885(OCoLC)959648325(MdBmJHUP)muse53408(ScCtBLL)9ee9c149-4150-400a-a957-51e541574feb(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30664(Perlego)2329038(oapen)doab30664(EXLCZ)99371000000085620820160408d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierActivist BiologyThe National Museum, Politics, and Nation Building in Brazil /Regina Horta Duarte ; translated by Diane Grosklaus WhittyUniversity of Arizona Press2016Tucson :The University of Arizona Press,2016.©2016.1 online resource (265 pages) illustrations, photographsLatin American landscapesRevised and expanded version of A biologia militante : o Museu Nacional, especialização científica, divulgação do conhecimento e práticas científicas no Brasil 1926-1945.9780816541706 0816541701 9780816532018 081653201X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Chapter 1. Activist biology -- Chapter 2. A miniature of the fatherland -- Chapter 3. The making of a biologist -- Conclusion -- Timeline of Brazilian history (1889-1945).The Higher Voice of Biology is the story of a group of biologists at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro who joined the drive to renew the Brazilian nation, claiming as their weapon the voice of their fledgling field. It offers a portrait of science as a creative and transformative pathway. This book will intrigue anyone fascinated by environmental history and Latin American political and social life in the 1920s and 1930s--Provided by publisher.Latin American landscapes.BiologyBrazilHistory20th centuryBiologyHistory578.0981Duarte Regina Horta924455Duarte Regina Horta924455MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910433255803321Activist Biology2074609UNINA