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Darwinism in Argentina
Leila Gomez
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Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Darwinism in Argentina: Major Texts (1845-1909) brings together essays, letters, short-stories, and public lectures by travelers, scientists, writers, and politicians about Darwin and the theory of evolution in nineteenth century Argentina. This selection of texts provides a thorough overview of the socio-ideological implications of the theory of evolution in South America, as well as the intellectual debate this scientific theory promoted in the discourses of fiction, law, history, and medicine in the formation of modern Argentina. Some writers in this book considered the theory of evolution to be Argentinean because Darwin first conceived his theory traveling in the ... Read more
Darwinism in Argentina: Major Texts (1845-1909) brings together essays, letters, short-stories, and public lectures by travelers, scientists, writers, and politicians about Darwin and the theory of evolution in nineteenth century Argentina. This selection of texts provides a thorough overview of the socio-ideological implications of the theory of evolution in South America, as well as the intellectual debate this scientific theory promoted in the discourses of fiction, law, history, and medicine in the formation of modern Argentina. Some writers in this book considered the theory of evolution to be Argentinean because Darwin first conceived his theory traveling in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483864
SKU
V9781611483864
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About Leila Gomez
Leila Gómez is associate professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Reviews for Darwinism in Argentina
Gómez (Latin American literature, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) has compiled and edited essays, letters, and fiction from an eclectic group of writers including Charles Darwin and contemporary Argentinean scientists and men of letters. These excerpts highlight the actual controversy that took place in Argentina between supporters and opponents of evolution after publication of the Origin (1859), and contrasts it with ... Read more