- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- 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--
- Series Statement
- Latin American landscapes
- Uniform Title
- A biologia militante English (Online)
- Latin American landscapes.
- Alternative Title
- A biologia militante
- Subject
- Note
- Revised and expanded version of A biologia militante : o Museu Nacional, especialização científica, divulgação do conhecimento e práticas científicas no Brasil 1926-1945.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237)and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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).
- LCCN
- 2016007486
- OCLC
- ssj0001714727
- Author
Duarte, Regina Horta.
- Title
Activist biology [electronic resource] : the National Museum, politics, and nation building in Brazil / Regina Horta Duarte ; translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.
- Imprint
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
- Series
Latin American landscapes
Latin American landscapes.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237)and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Duarte, Regina Horta. A biologia militante. Expanded version of (work)