Science in Latin America : A History.

Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Scientific Theater (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 1: Natural History and Herbal Medicine in Sixteenth-century America (Xavier Lozoya) -- CHAPTER 2: Science and Public Happiness during the Latin American Enlightenment (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 3: Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736-1803 (Luis Carlos Arboleda and Diana Soto Arango) -- CHAPTER 4: Scientific Traditions and Enlightenment Expeditions in Eighteenth-century Hispanic America (Antonio Lafuente and Leoncio López-Ocón) -- CHAPTER 5: Science and Freedom: Science and Technology as a Policy of the New American States (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 6: Scientific Medicine and Public Health in Nineteenth-century Latin America (Emilio Quevedo and Francisco Gutiérrez) -- CHAPTER 7: Academic Science in Twentieth-century Latin America (Hebe M. C. Vessuri) -- CHAPTER 8: Excellence in Twentieth-century Biomedical Science (Marcos Cueto) -- CHAPTER 9: International Politics and the Development of the Exact Sciences in Latin America (Regis Cabral).