Format:
Book
Author:
Fuller, Randall, 1963- author.
Title:
The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation / Randall Fuller.
Publisher, Date:
New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Description:
x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
Evolution (Biology) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index.
LCCN:
2016010344
ISBN:
9780525428336
052542833X
Other Number:
949142721
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
308509
Call Number:
576.82 FULLE 2017
Course Reserves:
0
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