{"product_id":"a-life-in-shadow-stephen-bell-9780804752602","title":"A Life in Shadow: Aimé Bonpland in Southern South America, 1817-1858","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench naturalist and medical doctor Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858) was one of the most important scientific explorers of South America in the early nineteenth century. From 1799 to 1804, he worked alongside Alexander von Humboldt as the latter carried out his celebrated research in northern South America, but he later returned to conduct his own research farther south. \u003ci\u003eA Life in Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e accounts for the entire span of Bonpland's remarkable and diverse career in South America--in Argentina, Paraguay (where he was imprisoned for nearly a decade), Uruguay, and southernmost Brazil--based on extensive archival material. The study reconnects Bonpland's divided records in Europe and South America and delves into his studies of rural resources in interior regions of South America, including experimental cultivation techniques. This is a fascinating account of a man--a doctor, farmer, rancher, scientific explorer, and political conspirator--who interacted in many revealing ways with the evolving societies and institutions of South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804752605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804752602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 78","brand":"Stephen Bell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947218436351,"sku":"9780804752602","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_21c85f7b-a76d-4737-a11d-9286159e2bc8.jpg?v=1681517426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-in-shadow-stephen-bell-9780804752602","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}