Professor of Politics Stephen Bell: Bonpland sku-13353986

A Life in Shadow by Professor of Politics Stephen Bell is a hardcover listed under Latin American History Books as sku-13353986. It follows Aimé Bonpland's work in southern South America from 1817 to 1858. Bonpland (1773 to 1858) was a French naturalist and medical doctor who worked with Alexander von Humboldt in northern South America from 1799 to 1804.

He later conducted his own research in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southernmost Brazil. He was imprisoned in Paraguay for nearly a decade. Drawing on archival material from Europe and South America, the book examines his studies of rural resources and experimental cultivation, as well as his work as a doctor, farmer, rancher, scientific explorer and political conspirator.