{"product_id":"from-man-to-ape-adriana-novoa-9780226596167","title":"From Man to Ape: Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpon its publication, \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine offer here a history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn order to explore how Argentina's particular interests, ambitions, political anxieties, and prejudices shaped scientific research, \u003ci\u003eFrom Man to Ape\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Darwin's use of analogies. Both analogy and metaphor are culturally situated, and by studying scientific activity at Europe's geographical and cultural periphery, Novoa and Levine show that familiar analogies assume unfamiliar and sometimes startling guises in Argentina. The transformation of these analogies in the Argentine context led science--as well as the interaction between science, popular culture, and public policy--in surprising directions. In diverging from European models, Argentine Darwinism reveals a great deal about both Darwinism and science in general. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNovel in its approach and its subject, \u003ci\u003eFrom Man to Ape\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a new way of understanding Latin American science and its impact on the scientific communities of Europe and North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adriana Novoa,Alex Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226596168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226596167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011","brand":"Adriana Novoa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658834063615,"sku":"9780226596167","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b730f1d-141c-4668-8c42-ee28ff824af0.jpg?v=1781198657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-man-to-ape-adriana-novoa-9780226596167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}