Quantitative and qualitative studies of science and technology in Latin America

This chapter assesses the Frei administration's national and international response to the energy the Cuban Revolution unleashed in Latin America in the 1960s. It presents President Eduardo Frei as an independent actor with his own agenda, which included the backing and accelerating of Chileans' developmental project in nuclear science and technology. It also reconstructs and reevaluates the United States, particularly the CIA's, relationship with Frei.

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Science and Technology Policies in Latin America—Against a Holistic Approach

Integration of Science and Technology with Development ◽

10.1016/b978-0-08-023881-4.50017-2 ◽

1979 ◽

pp. 178-185

Author(s):

Joseph B. Hodara

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Science And Technology Policies ◽

Technology Policies

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Science in The Children's Encyclopedia and its appropriation in the twentieth century in Latin America

BJHS Themes ◽

10.1017/bjt.2018.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 105-128

Author(s):

BERNARDO JEFFERSON DE OLIVEIRA

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Latin America ◽

Special Reference ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Science And Technology ◽

South American ◽

Historical Process ◽

The Core ◽

Science And Technology Education ◽

The North

AbstractIn the early twentieth century, encyclopedias addressed to children and youths became special reference works concerning science and technology education. In search of greater comprehension of this historical process, I analyse The Children's Encyclopedia’s representation of science and technology, and how it was re-edited by the North American publishing company that bought its copyrights and promoted its circulation in several countries. Furthermore, I examine how its contents were appropriated in its translations into Portuguese and Spanish, which circulated in Latin America in the first half of the twentieth century. The comparison between the different versions reveals that the writings of science and technology are practically the same, with significant changes only in literature and in the approach of historical and geographical themes. I then argue that, even keeping the scientific contents virtually unchanged, these versions of the encyclopedia gave it a new meaning, because of the contexts in which they circulated. Finally, I show how the appropriations of the encyclopedia contributed to the promotion of scientific values and technological innovation as the core development and as a model of civilization for South American nations.

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