Fundamentalism and education in the Scopes era : God, Darwin, and the roots of America's culture wars / Adam Laats.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laats, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.

Scopes, John Thomas.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.

Darwin, Charles.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching--Law and legislation--United States.

Evolution (Biology).

Fundamentalism--United States.

Fundamentalism.

Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

258 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925 were about much more than evolution. Fundamentalists fought to maintain cultural control of education. As this book reveals for the first time, the successes and the failures of these fundamentalist campaigns transformed both the fundamentalist movement and the nature of education in America. In turn, those transformations determined many of the positions of the "culture wars" that raged throughout the twentieth century. --from publisher description

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780230623729

0230623727

OCLC:

456171855