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Activist Biology
Regina Horta Duarte
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Description for Activist Biology
Hardback. Series: Latin American Landscapes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 haltones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GM; HBT; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Brazilian society was shaken by turmoil in the 1920s and 1930s. The country was rocked by heated debates over race and immigration, burgeoning social movements in cities and the countryside, entrenched oligarchies clinging to power, and nature being despoiled. Against this turbulent backdrop, a group of biology scholars at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro joined the drive to renew the Brazilian nation, claiming as their weapon the voice of their fledgling field. Without discarding scientific rigor, they embraced biology as a creed and activism as a conviction—and achieved success in their bid to influence public policy in environmental ... Read more
Brazilian society was shaken by turmoil in the 1920s and 1930s. The country was rocked by heated debates over race and immigration, burgeoning social movements in cities and the countryside, entrenched oligarchies clinging to power, and nature being despoiled. Against this turbulent backdrop, a group of biology scholars at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro joined the drive to renew the Brazilian nation, claiming as their weapon the voice of their fledgling field. Without discarding scientific rigor, they embraced biology as a creed and activism as a conviction—and achieved success in their bid to influence public policy in environmental ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Latin American Landscapes
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816532018
SKU
V9780816532018
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About Regina Horta Duarte
Regina Horta Duarte is a professor of history at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is the author of several books, including Noites Circenses: Espetáculos de circo e teatro em Minas Gerais, Brasil and História e Natureza . She is a founding member of the Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental, and she was the founding ... Read more
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