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Atkins Institution

Enclaves of Science, Outposts of Empire

August 27, 2018

BY MEGAN RABY At the end of 1960, near Cienfuegos, Cuba, on the Soledad estate of a US-owned sugar company, the American Director and Cuban staff of Harvard’s Atkins Institution began packing up their scientific equipment. The Cuban Revolution had caught up with them. Director Ian Duncan Clement, … [Read more...] about Enclaves of Science, Outposts of Empire

Tagged With: Atkins Institution, Cuba, Environment, Harvard House, Jardín Botánico Cienfuegos

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