| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Scientific Theater (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 1: Natural History and Herbal Medicine in Sixteenth-century America (Xavier Lozoya) -- CHAPTER 2: Science and Public Happiness during the Latin American Enlightenment (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 3: Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736-1803 (Luis Carlos Arboleda and Diana Soto Arango) -- CHAPTER 4: Scientific Traditions and Enlightenment Expeditions in Eighteenth-century Hispanic America (Antonio Lafuente and Leoncio López-Ocón) |
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CHAPTER 5: Science and Freedom: Science and Technology as a Policy of the New American States (Juan José Saldaña)CHAPTER 6: Scientific Medicine and Public Health in Nineteenth-century Latin America (Emilio Quevedo and Francisco Gutiérrez) -- CHAPTER 7: Academic Science in Twentieth-century Latin America (Hebe M.C. Vessuri) -- CHAPTER 8: Excellence in Twentieth-century Biomedical Science (Marcos Cueto) -- CHAPTER 9: International Politics and the Development of the Exact Sciences in Latin America (Regis Cabral) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translated from the Spanish |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Science -- Latin America -- History
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Science -- Social aspects -- Latin America
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SCIENCE -- History.
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Science
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Science -- Social aspects
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saldaña, Juan José
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| ISBN |
9780292795716 |
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0292795718 |
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