A complex fabric: Intersecting histories of race, gender, and science in Latin America

HAHR - Hispanic American Historical Review

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-429

  Rodriguez, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 79961163841     PISSN: 00182168     EISSN: 15271900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182168-1300137     Document Type: Review

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