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dc.creatorVan Denburgh, Daniel D.
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-22T20:23:26Z
dc.date.created2011
dc.identifierWLURG38_VanDenburgh_HIST_2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/23163
dc.descriptionThesis; [FULL-TEXT RESTRICTED TO WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LOGIN]en_US
dc.descriptionDaniel D. Van Denburgh is a member of the Class of 2011 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the current study is to challenge the Euro-centric stereotype that during the nineteenth century science spread outwards from the center (Europe, Canada, the United States - collectively "the West") to the periphery (South America, Africa, Asia). The notion that scientific achievement allowed the center to subdue the periphery is a longstanding one, but such a schema ignores the fact that the periphery was critical for Westerners developing science. The focus of the current study will be the time that two scientists, Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz, spent in Brazil during the nineteenth century and how their interactions with local people, places, and ideas influenced their scientific thinking. Despite many similarities (both Darwin and Agassiz began their careers in geology before switching their focus to natural history and biology) and a professional and social relationship, Darwin and Agassiz disagreed about the key issue of their careers: natural selection and evolution. Darwin became the most prominent supporter of natural selection, and today his name graces the theory of Darwinism. Agassiz argued against natural selection until his death, asserting that a divine plan created species and organisms. [From the Introduction]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDaniel Van Denburgh
dc.format.extent76 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Honors in Historyen_US
dc.title"Charlantanerie", Humbug and the Evolution of Evolution: Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz in Brazil (thesis)en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
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dc.rights.holderVan Denburgh, Daniel D.
dc.subject.fastDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882en_US
dc.subject.fastAgassiz, Louis, 1807-1873en_US
dc.subject.fastNatural selectionen_US
dc.subject.fastPhilosophyen_US
dc.subject.fastEvolution -- Religious aspectsen_US
local.departmentHistoryen_US
local.scholarshiptypeHonors Thesisen_US


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