Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History Of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Transnational, International, and Global
- Part II National and Regional
- Europe
- Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
- East and Southeast Asia
- United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Latin America
- 38 Spanish South America
- 39 Greater Caribbean: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
- 40 Brazil
- 41 Latin America: A Commentary
- Index
38 - Spanish South America
from Latin America
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2020
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History Of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Transnational, International, and Global
- Part II National and Regional
- Europe
- Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
- East and Southeast Asia
- United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Latin America
- 38 Spanish South America
- 39 Greater Caribbean: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
- 40 Brazil
- 41 Latin America: A Commentary
- Index
Summary
Historical studies of science in Spanish America emphasize efforts by local groups to overcome adverse conditions, participate in international networks of knowledge, and promote science as essential to national projects of development. Initially, research groups were small, fragile, and dominated by individual pioneering figures. Many members were astute and creative in overcoming inadequate funds, libraries, and laboratories, and in surviving as researchers in societies that usually placed a low cultural value on science. This chapter will describe the main scientific events, characters, and trends in Spanish South America between the late eighteenth century and the late twentieth century. The emphasis will be in the life and exact sciences and in their connection to medicine and engineering.
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- The Cambridge History of Science , pp. 763 - 781Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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