{"product_id":"geopolitics-culture-and-the-scientific-imaginary-in-latin-america-paperback","title":"Geopolitics, Culture, and the Scientific Imaginary in Latin America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaría del Pilar Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Page\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlighting the relationship among science, politics, and culture in Latin American history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the common view that Latin America has lagged behind Europe and North America in the global history of science, this volume reveals that the region has long been a center for scientific innovation and imagination. It highlights the important relationship among science, politics, and culture in Latin American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars from a variety of fields including literature, sociology, and geography bring to light many of the cultural exchanges that have produced and spread scientific knowledge from the early colonial period to the present day. Among many topics, these essays describe ideas on health and anatomy in a medical text from sixteenth-century Mexico, how fossil discoveries in Patagonia inspired new interpretations of the South American landscape, and how Argentinian physicist Rolando García influenced climate change research and the field of epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough its interdisciplinary approach, \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics, Culture, and the Scientific Imaginary in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e shows that such scientific advancements fueled a series of visionary utopian projects throughout the region, as countries grappling with the legacy of colonialism sought to modernize and to build national and regional identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaría del Pilar Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Spanish American literature and fellow and tutor in Spanish at Trinity College, University of Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGhost-Watching American Modernity: Haunting, Landscape, and the Hemispheric Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJoanna Page\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Latin American studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Science in Latin American Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Jens Andermann María del Pilar Blanco Edward Chauca Hernán Comastri Miguel de Asúa Lina del Castillo Carlos Fonseca Gabriela Nouzeilles Brais Outes-León Joanna Page Yarí Pérez Marín Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra Julio Prieto Soledad Quereilhac Heidi V. Scott\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52910409777376,"sku":"9781683403876","price":31.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/xF3UUsd_dI9781683403876.webp?v=1781479608","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/geopolitics-culture-and-the-scientific-imaginary-in-latin-america-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}