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Trying biology : the Scopes trial, textbooks, and the antievolution movement in American schools / Adam R. Shapiro.
LIBRA QH362 .S53 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Adam R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scopes, John Thomas.
- Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching--United States--History.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Biology--United States--Textbooks--History.
- Biology.
- Biology publishing--United States--History.
- Biology publishing.
- Religion and science--United States--History.
- Religion and science.
- History.
- Textbooks.
- Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Beyond science and religion : the Scopes trial in historical context
- The textbook trust and state adoption
- Textbooks and their makers : authors, editors, salesmen, and readers
- Civic biology and the origin of the antievolution movement
- How Scopes was framed
- The evolution of the New civic biology
- Biology textbooks in an era of science and religion
- Losing the word : measuring the impact of Scopes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226029450
- 022602945X
- OCLC:
- 809911039
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