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The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation / Randall Fuller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuller, Randall, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles).
- Evolution (Biology)--United States--History--19th century.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I: 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
- Part II: Struggles
- Bones of contention
- Agassiz
- The what-is-it?
- A spirited conflict
- Into the vortex
- Tree of life
- A jolt of recognition
- Wildfires
- Part III: Adaptations
- Discord in Concord
- Moods
- Meditations in a garden
- The succession of forest trees
- Races of the Old World
- A cold shudder
- Part IV: Transformations
- At Down House
- The ghost of John Brown
- In the transcendental graveyard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Fuller, Randall, 1963- , author.. Book that changed America
- ISBN:
- 9780525428336
- 052542833X
- OCLC:
- 949142721
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