In:
História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, FapUNIFESP (SciELO), Vol. 15, No. 3 ( 2008-09), p. 779-810
Abstract:
In its work to build communication infrastructure, the Rondon Commission (1900-30) became well known for its contacts with indigenous societies. Little, however, has been written about the scientific research conducted by its members, that was inseparable from the recently inaugurated republican regime's goals of modernization, settlement, and integration of the interior with the rest of Brazil. The article analyzes the impact of the Commission's scientific work in areas like botany, geology, and zoology, as well as its impact on the new field of work thus opened to Brazilian researchers and naturalists, who took part in these exploratory journeys in ever greater numbers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0104-5970
DOI:
10.1590/S0104-59702008000300011
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Publication Date:
2008
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2053148-5
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