Activist Biology : The National Museum, Politics, and Nation Building in Brazil / / Regina Horta Duarte ; translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty
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| Autore: |
Duarte Regina Horta
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| Titolo: |
Activist Biology : The National Museum, Politics, and Nation Building in Brazil / / Regina Horta Duarte ; translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty
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| Pubblicazione: | University of Arizona Press, 2016 |
| Tucson : , : The University of Arizona Press, , 2016 | |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina: | 578.0981 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biology - Brazil - History - 20th century |
| Altri autori: | DuarteRegina Horta |
| Note generali: | Revised and expanded version of A biologia militante : o Museu Nacional, especialização científica, divulgação do conhecimento e práticas científicas no Brasil 1926-1945. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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). |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Activist Biology |
| ISBN: | 9780816534616 |
| 0816534616 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910433255803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Latin American landscapes.