Darwinism in Argentina: Major Texts, 1845-1909 Book

Sources and Acknowledgments vii

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xi

Introduction: Darwin, the Heart of the Controversy: Science, Politics, and Literature 1

I The First Readers of On The Origin of Species in Argentina: The Dialogue between Darwin and Muñiz, and the Controversy with Hudson 31

The Woodpecker of the Pampas William Henry Hudson 35

The Response Charles Darwin 39

The Muñi-Felis Bonaerensis Francisco Javier Muñiz 41

A Letter to Muñiz Charles Darwin 49

Ñata Oxen Domingo F. Sarmiento 51

II Scientific Fantasies: Darwin's Followers and Detractors in Argentina 59

Two Parties in Conflict Eduardo L. Holmberg 65

Charles Robert Darwin Eduardo L. Holmberg 79

The Study of South American Man Francisco P. Moreno 95

Darwin: Lecture Given in the Teatro Nacional, Following the Death of Charles Darwin Domingo F. Sarmiento 113

Luz del Día's Pilgrimage Juan Bautista Alberdi 139

History of Creation Hermann Burmeister 149

Remembrance in Honor of Darwin: Transformism as an Exact Science Florentino Ameghino 157

Tribute to Ameghino Leopoldo Lugones 173

Naturalism and Education José Manuel Estrada 189

Leopoldo Lugones,Yzur 193

III Darwin and the Shaping of Argentine Identity: Historical-Sociological Studies 201

The Argentine Masses José María Ramos Mejía 207

Our America Carlos O. Bunge 217

The Sociological Evolution of Argentina: From Barbarism to Imperialism José Ingenieros 231

Racial Conflict and Harmony in the Americas Domingo F. Sarmiento 245

Bibliography 259

Index 267

About the Editor 275