Date
POSTPONED until spring due to technical difficulties
We will discuss selections from two related and recently published books on the history of science, technology, and the environment in Latin America:
Buckley, Eve E. Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. (Intro and ch. 5)
Wolfe, Mikael D. Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press, 2017. (Intro and ch. 4)
The two authors will open the discussion with comments on each other's books.