دانلود کتاب Handbook of the Historiography of Latin American Studies on the Life Sciences and Medicine

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Series Preface
Volume Preface
Contents
About the Series Editor
About the Volume Editor
Contributors
1 A Historiography of the Life Sciences and Medicine in Latin America in Global Perspective
References
Part I: Historiography
2 From the Social to the Global Turn in Latin American History of Science
Introduction
A Social Turn
Important Shifts
A Global Turn
Conclusion
References
3 The Historian´s Craft in the ``Periphery´´
Introduction
The ``Periphery´´ Revisited
From Reception to Appropriation of Knowledge
``Peripheral Life Science´´ in Latin America: From Darwin to Molecular Biology
Science Between Epistemic Appropriations and Emancipation
Conclusion
References
Part II: Natural History and Evolution
4 Fragmented Memories
Introduction
Background of Mexico´s History of Science
Continuity and Changes in the Historiography of Sciences (1921-1964)
The First Mexican Communities of Science Historians (1964-1989)
Historiographical Trends in Mexican Science History. The Study of Natural History (1989-2019)
Conclusions
Appendix: Bibliometrics
References
5 History and the Quest for a Historiography of Scientific Explorations and Evolutionism in the American Tropics
Introduction
Naturalist Explorations in the Tropics
Historiography of Naturalist Explorations
Evolutionism in Tropical America
Historiography of Evolutionism
Conclusions
References
6 Darwin, Evolutionism, and New Approaches to the Historiography of Latin America
Introduction
Darwinism and the Emergence of History of Science and History of Ideas
Peripheral Darwin
The 1990s Shift
Darwin Studies, from Diffusion to Global History
Conclusion
References
7 A Critical Analysis of the Reception of Darwinism in Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
Introduction
Implications of ``-Isms´´ (or Looking for Essentialism)
Diffusionism, Comparative Studies, and ``Complexity Principle´´
Implications of a ``Complex´´ Vision for the History of Science
Postcolonialism and Circulation of Ideas
Appropriation Processes and Transnational Networks
Geographies of Knowledge
Science and Religion
Conclusions
References
8 Darwinism
Introduction
The Geography of Darwinism in Latin America
Darwinism and Science in Latin America
Darwinism and Medicine in Latin America
Darwinism and Religion in Latin America
Social Darwinism and Latin American Politics and Economics
Social Darwinism and Early Globalization
Social Darwinism in Latin America
Conclusion
References
9 How to Read Ameghino´s Filogenia?
Introduction
An Anomaly Entitled Filogenia
What to Do with the Naughty Florentino?
The Roots of Filogenia
Ameghino´s Darwinism
Conclusion
References
10 Palaeontology in South America
Introduction
Palaeontology: A New Word for Vanishing Worlds and Words
Strange Things, Strange People, and Strange Animals: The Normality of Bureaucracy
Paper and Rule
An Animal in Seven Boxes and in Two Pieces of Paper
The Vicar´s Bones
Conclusion
References
11 Historiography of Biogeography in Mexico
Introduction: An Outlook on Historiography in Mexico
Neither Darwin nor Wallace: A More Inclusive Historiography
Synthetic Historiography
Creationism Versus Transmutacionism
First Biogeographic Explanations on the Complexity of the Mexican Biota
Conclusions
References
Part III: Natural History and Art
12 Between History of Art and History of Science
Science and Art
The Homo sapiens in the National Institute of Geology
The New Species Siredon Tigrina from the Lake of Santa Isabel
The Perspectiva Artificiale of the Valley of Mexico
Beyond the Metamorphosis and the Views
References
13 José María Velasco´s Paleontological Landscapes: The Circulation and Appropriation of Deep Time Thinking in Mexican Porfiri...
Introduction
Images in Science: Velasco As an Example of the Intersection Between Science and Art
Evolutionary Thinking and Deep Time in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Velasco in the Context of the Creation of the Mexican National Geological Institute
Evolutionary Thinking in the Visual Discourse
Scientific Internationalism
Socio-Professional Networks
Conclusions
References
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
14 Writing the History of Animals in Latin America
Introduction
Animals and History
Histories of Animals in the Life Sciences and Medicine
The History of the Natural History of the Mexican Axolotl
A Mexican in Paris
The Transformation and the Question of Two Axolotls
The Axolotl Becomes a Laboratory Creature
From Europe to the World and Back to Mexico
Conclusion
References
Part IV: Agriculture
15 Agriculture As Connectivity
Introduction
Knowledge Studies
Capitalism, Technology, and Commodities Histories
Environmental Histories
Conclusion: Placing Latin America and the Caribbean in the History of Agricultural Science
References
16 South-South Exchange Networks and the Circulation of Knowledge in 1920s Mexico
Introduction
Science, Art, and Revolution in Mexico
Conclusions
References
17 Evaluating the Green Revolution Dominant Narrative for Latin America: Technology, Geopolitics, and Institutions
Introduction
The Dominant Narrative of the Green Revolution
The Green Revolution As a Unique Process: The Heroic Narrative
The Green Revolution As a Result of the Market Forces: The Economic Narrative
The New Narratives of the Green Revolution
Alternative Narratives from Latin America
Challenging the Chronology: 1968 Versus 1941
The Causal Factor: Seeds Versus Institutions
Institutional Cloning
Connecting International and National Policies: The Green Revolution in Costa Rica
Conclusions
References
18 Steering Latin America´s Economic Relationship with the United States
Introduction
Background
Rise of the Automobile and Motor Roads
Popular Resistance
Regimes of Immobility
Conclusion
References
Part V: Race Studies, Medicine, and Genetics
19 A Short Version of the Long Duration Story of Mexican Sui Generis Racism
Ethnocentrism in the Colonial New Spain
The First Nations
The African Populations
The Criollos and the Mestizos
The Criollos, the Creole
Mestizos and Castas
Modern and Contemporary Mexican Sui Generis Racism (1810-2018)
Conclusions
References
20 A Critical Comparison of Different Intellectual Histories (Mexican and Anglo-American Historiographies) on ``Race´´
Introduction
General Overview of the Concept of ``Race.´´ Is Race a Valid Category to Address Human Diversity?
The Genesis of Scientific Conceptions of Race: The Flourishing of Racism During the Eighteenth Century
Before Mestizaje: Racial Ideas in Medieval Spain
Colonial Mexico Caste System
Race and Racialization in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mexico: Mexico and the USA Look into Mexico´s Human Diversity
Mexican Historiographies
Anglo-American Historiographies
Conclusions
References
21 Malleable Bodies
Introduction
Human Diet and International Organizations in the 1930s
The Diet of Mexico´s Indigenous People: Between Anthropology and Nutrition
The International in the Regional: Balam Pereira and Coplamar Reports on Yucatan
The Balam Pereira Report
Conclusion
References
22 Bodies, Environments, and Race
Introduction
Race, Biopolitics, and the Biocultural Body
Beginnings: Stepan on Eugenics
Reconsidering Latin Eugenics
The Mestizaje of Hard and Soft Eugenics
Changing Constitutions: Tonics, Medicines, Diets, Exercise
Challenges Ahead
Conclusion
References
23 The Frog and the Vine
Introduction
Intersections of Indigenous and Western Knowledge Practices in Relation to Biological Material and Toxic Organisms
The Doctrine of Discovery in Patent Law
Toxicological Models and Pharmaceuticals
Central Tensions in Biomedical Research Practice Illuminated by Indigenous Knowledge of Nature
Ayahuasca
Poison Dart Frog
Decolonizing Methodologies and Symmetric Science
Conclusion
References
24 Evolutionary Genetics in Brazil
Introduction
Genetics in Brazil: The Early Years
Evolutionary Genetics in Brazil
The Foundation of the Sociedade Brasileira de Genética (Brazilian Society of Genetics)
The Diversification of Genetics in Brazil
Conclusions
References
Index