Books+ Search Results
Darwinism in Argentina : major texts, 1845-1909
Uniform Title
Piedra del escándalo. English.
Title
Darwinism in Argentina : major texts, 1845-1909 / edited by Leila Gomez ; translated by Nicholas Ford Callaway.
ISBN
9781611483864
1611483867
Published
Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.
Physical Description
xi, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Translated from the Spanish.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Darwin, the heart of the controversy : science, politics, and literature
pt. 1. The first readers of On the origin of species in Argentina : the dialogue between Darwin and Muñiz, and the controversy with Hudson. The woodpecker of the pampas / William Henry Hudson ; The response / Charles Darwin ; The Muñi-Felis bonaerensis / Francisco Javier Muñiz ; A letter to Muñiz / Charles Darwin ; Ñata oxen / Domingo F. Sarmiento
pt. 2. Scientific fantasies : Darwin's followers and detractors in Argentina. Two parties in conflict / Eduardo L. Holmberg ; Charles Robert Darwin / Eduardo L. Holmberg ; The study of South American man / Francisco P. Moreno ; Darwin : lecture given in the Teatro Nacional, following the death of Charles Darwin / Domingo F. Sarmiento ; Luz del Día's pilgrimage / Juan Bautista Alberdi ; History of creation / Hermann Burmeister ; Remembrance in honor of Darwin : transformation as an exact science / Florentino Ameghino ; Tribute to Ameghino / Leopoldo Lugones ; Naturalism and education / José Manuel Estrada ; Yzur / Leopoldo Lugones
pt. 3. Darwin and the shaping of Argentine identity : historical-sociological studies. The Argentine masses / José María Ramos Mejía ; Our America / Carlos O. Bunge ; The sociological evolution of Argentina : from barbarism to imperialism / José Ingenieros ; Racial conflict and harmony in the Americas / Domingo F. Sarmiento.
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
