Vol. 8 • n. 3 • Sept.-Dec. 2001

ANALYSIS  Public Health facilities, international modernization and cooperation: Venezuela’s National Nursing School Project, 1936 – 1950 HEBE M. C. VESSURI  abstract Medical Schools in São Paulo and the creation of Escola Paulista de Medicina MÁRCIA REGINA BARROS DA SILVA  abstract Contribution of post-normal science to public health and the issue of social vulnerability ALEXANDRE PALMA E UBIRAJARA A. DE O. MATTOS  abstract The role of overseas Misericórdias in the formation of the Portuguese Empire LAURINDA ABREU  abstract IMAGES Rio de Janeiro’s Holy House of Mercy from the 16th to the 19th centuries LUCIANA MENDES GANDELMAN  abstract DOSSIER ON DARWINISM Social Theories and Biology: perspectives and problems of the introduction of the historical concept into biological sciences RICARDO WAIZBORT  abstract History and Philosophy of Science: a Phylogenetic approach JAMES G. LENNOX  text in english A short history of evolutionary theory EDSON PEREIRA DA SILVA text in english The concept of nature in On the origin of species ANNA CAROLINA K. P. REGNER  abstract A quality leap in Theodosius Dobzhansky: uniting naturalistic and experimental traditions ALDO MELLENDER DE ARAÚJO  abstract To be or not to be consilient: that is the question EDUARDO RODRIGUES CRUZ  abstract On Darwin, black boxes and the amazing return of ‘creationism’ MAURÍCIO VIEIRA MARTINS  abstract  BOOKS & NETWORKS O imperialismo sedutor: a americanização do Brasil na época da Segunda Guerra Mundial, by ANTONIO PEDRO TOTA Guerra sem guerra: a mobilização e o cotidiano em São Paulo durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, by RONEY CYTRYNOWICZ • reviewed byANDRÉ LUIZ VIEIRA DE CAMPOS text in portuguese As ilusões da liberdade: a Escola Nina Rodrigues e a antropologia no Brasil  by MARIZA CORRÊA • reviewed by CARLOS HENRIQUE ASSUNÇÃO PAIVA text in portuguese Em defesa da honra: moralidade, modernidade e nação no Rio de Janeiro (1918-1940)  by SUEANN CAULFIELD • reviewed by FABÍOLA ROHDEN text in portuguese Um sertão chamado Brasil by NÍSIA TRINDADE LIMA, • reviewed byMARCOS CEZAR DE FREITAS text in portuguese THESES text in portuguese