The politics of evolution : morphology, medicine, and reform in radical London / Adrian Desmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desmond, Adrian J., 1947-

Series:

Science and its conceptual foundations.

Science and its conceptual foundations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anatomy, Comparative--Research--England--London--History--19th century.

Anatomy, Comparative.

Evolution--Research--England--London--History--19th century.

Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (514 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before. "The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."-Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement "One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."-John Hedley Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene

2. Importing the New Morphology

3. Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective

4. Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools

5. Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy

6. Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons

7. Engaging the Lamarckians

8. Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy

9. Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks

Afterword. Putting Darwin in the Picture

Appendix A. Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830's

Appendix B. Biographical List of British Medical Men

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613054869

9781283054867

1283054868

9780226144535

0226144534

OCLC:

709606191