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Creatures of Cain: the hunt for human nature in Cold War America / Erika Lorraine Milam.
Van Pelt Library BJ1533.H9 M55 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milam, Erika Lorraine, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human behavior.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Humanity.
- Sociobiology.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 398 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I The Ascent Of Man p. 17
- 1 Humanity in Hindsight p. 27
- 2 Battle for the Stone Age p. 41
- 3 Building Citizens p. 60
- Part II Naturalizing Violence p. 79
- 4 Cain's Children p. 89
- 5 The Human Animal p. 102
- 6 Man and Beast p. 113
- Part III Unmaking Man p. 125
- 7 Woman the Gatherer p. 133
- 8 The Academic Jungle p. 143
- 9 The Edge of Respectability p. 153
- Part IV Political Animals p. 169
- 10 The White Problem in America p. 177
- 11 A Dangerous Medium p. 190
- 12 Moral Lessons p. 205
- Part V Death Of The Killer Ape p. 225
- 13 The New Synthesis p. 235
- 14 The Old Determinism p. 246
- 15 Human Nature p. 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691181888
- 9780691181882
- OCLC:
- 1032354816
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