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From man to ape : Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920 / Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine.

Title
From man to ape : Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920 / Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine.
Author
Novoa, Adriana, 1963-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2010.

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Levine, Alex, 1966-
Description
xi, 281 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
The authors here offer a history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. They reveal new ways of understanding Latin American science and its impact on the scientific communities of Europe and North America.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
  • Argentina
  • Biological Evolution
  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 > Influence
  • Darwin, Charles
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • Evolution (Biology) > Argentina > History
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Science > Argentina > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-274) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The roots of evolutionary thought in Argentina -- The reception of Darwinism in Argentina -- The triumph of Darwinism in Argentina -- The culture of extinction -- Sexual selection and the politics of meaning -- Evolutionary psychology and its analogies.
ISBN
  • 9780226596167 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226596168 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010015031
OCLC
587209582
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library