Nancy Stepan

Nancy Leys Stepan (* 1939 ) is a historian who deals with the history of science in Latin America and Brazil .

Life

Stepan received his PhD from the University of California in 1971 . She is known for her research on Latin American medical history , eugenics, and public health . She is a professor emeritus at Columbia University .

Fonts (selection)

• The idea of ​​race in science: Great Britain, 1800-1960. Macmillan, London 1982
• The hour of eugenics: race, gender, and nation in Latin America. Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1991
• Beginnings of Brazilian science: Oswaldo Cruz , medical research and policy, 1890–1920. Science History Publications, New York 1976
• Picturing tropical nature. Cornell University Press, Ithaca 2001

Web links

• Literature by and about Nancy Stepan in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Literature by and about Nancy Stepan in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nancy Stepan ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Columbia University 
2. ↑ Science and medicine in Latin America: essays in honor of Nancy Leys Stepan . In: Hispanic American Historical Review . tape 91 , no. 3 , 2011, p. 388-597 , doi : 10.1215 / 00182168-1300119 .