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Evolution and the Victorians : science, culture and politics in Darwin's Britain / Jonathan Conlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conlin, Jonathan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Evolution (Biology)--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Science--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Natural theology.
- Science--Social aspects.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 235 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction : 'I think'
- Natural theology
- Comparative anatomy
- Writing The origin
- Reading The origin
- Christian evolution? : Charles Kingsley's 'natural theology of the future'
- Imperial evolution? : 'Greater Britons' and other races
- Progressive evolution? : Herbert Spencer, social science and 'social Darwinism'
- Domestic evolution? : making a home for science
- Sustainable evolution? : Alfred Russel wallace and the wonderful century
- Conclusion : The longest discovery.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 144113090X
- 9781441130907
- 1441136096
- 9781441136091
- OCLC:
- 830369501
- Publisher Number:
- 99956864743
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