Activist biology : the National Museum, politics, and nation building in Brazil / Regina Horta Duarte ; translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duarte, Regina Horta, author.

Series:

Latin American landscapes

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Museu Nacional (Brazil).

Biology--Brazil--History--20th century.

Biology.

History.

Brazil.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

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-- Provided by publisher.

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Spanish.

Revised and expanded version of A biologia militante : o Museu Nacional, especialização científica, divulgação do conhecimento e práticas científicas no Brasil 1926-1945.

Related Work:

Expanded version of: Duarte, Regina Horta. A biologia militante.

ISBN:

9780816532018

081653201X

OCLC:

946579858