“Civilizing Argentina constitutes part of a wave of new studies that will finally ‘decolonialize’ the history of criminology by establishing its importance and autonomous development in nations outside of Europe and North America.” — Theoretical Criminology
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Civilizing Argentina is a worthy book and an important addition to the history of Argentina.” — The Americas
“[A] multifaceted portrait . . . [and] a welcome approach. . . . Useful as a first glimpse into the ideas and practices of Argentine scientists at the turn of the twentieth century. —
Journal of Latin American Studies
“A valuable contribution to Argentine historiography and to current discussions of the arrival of modernity on the periphery of the industrialized world.” —
American Historical Review
“An important contribution.” —
Hispanic American Historical Review
“An original approach to the roles of science and medicine in civilizing Argentina in the twentieth century.” —
Journal of the History of Medicine
“Exemplifies the sophisticated and important work that the history of gender, science, and medicine can do in explaining how power works more broadly in modern societies.” —
Journal of Women’s History
“Provides a thought-provoking introduction to some key questions in Argentine historiography, and will interest all students of the history of criminology, legal medicine and the rise of the modern interventionist state.” —
Social History of Medicine
“Within its field
Civilizing Argentina offers a paradoxical explanation for a central Latin American historical problem.” — Journal of Women’s History
“An important book. Julia Rodriguez has provided us with an intellectual history of science and medicine as applied to Argentina.” — H-LatAm
From the Inside Flap
Rodriguez analyzes the powerful alliance between medicine, science, and the state in Argentina between 1880 and 1914, resulting in a political culture based on a medical model of defining social problems such as poverty, vagrancy, crime, and street violence as illnesses to be treated through programs of social hygiene. She argues that these policies led to the destruction of Argentina’s early liberal progress and opened the way to the antidemocratic regimes that came later in the twentieth century.
From the Back Cover
Rodriguez analyzes the powerful alliance between medicine, science, and the state in Argentina between 1880 and 1914, resulting in a political culture based on a medical model of defining social problems such as poverty, vagrancy, crime, and street violence as illnesses to be treated through programs of social hygiene. She argues that these policies led to the destruction of Argentina’s early liberal progress and opened the way to the antidemocratic regimes that came later in the twentieth century.
About the Author
Julia Rodriguez is associate professor of history and women’s studies at the University of New Hampshire.
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