Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Porfirio Díaz, Positivism, and ‘The Scientists’
- 2 The origins of the Spencerian theory of evolution
- 3 The evolution of Spencerianism
- 4 Spencerian evolution: education, racism, and race in the thinking of ‘The Scientists’
- 5 The eradication of the myth: conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Porfirio Díaz, Positivism, and ‘The Scientists’
- 2 The origins of the Spencerian theory of evolution
- 3 The evolution of Spencerianism
- 4 Spencerian evolution: education, racism, and race in the thinking of ‘The Scientists’
- 5 The eradication of the myth: conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Positivism, Science and 'The Scientists' in Porfirian MexicoA Reappraisal, pp. ix - xPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2016