Activist Biology: The National Museum, Politics, and Nation Building in Brazil
(Part of the Latin American Landscapes Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:081653201X
ISBN13:9780816532018
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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