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The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation
Title:
The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation
ISBN:
9780525428336
Physical Description:
x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Origins. The book from across the Atlantic ; Gray's botany ; Beetles, birds, theories ; Word of mouth ; Making a stir ; A night at the Lyceum ; The nick of time -- Struggles. Bones of contention ; Agassiz ; The what-is-it? ; A spirited conflict ; Into the vortex ; Tree of life ; A jolt of recognition ; Wildfires -- Adaptations. Discord in Concord ; Moods ; Meditations in a garden ; The succession of forest trees ; Race of the Old World ; A cold shudder -- Transformations. At Down House ; The ghost of John Brown ; In the transcendental graveyard.
Summary:
Traces the impact of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on a diverse group of writers, abolitionists, and social reformers, including Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott, against a backdrop of growing tensions and transcendental idealism in 1860 America.
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