The book that changed America how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation
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.
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2017]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The book that changed America : |b how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation / |c Randall Fuller. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York : |b Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, |c [2017] | |
| 300 | |a x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Darwin, Charles, |d 1809-1882. |t On the origin of species. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Darwin, Charles, |d 1809-1882 |x Influence. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Evolution (Biology) |z United States |x History |y 19th century. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Fuller, Randall, 1963- , author.. |t Book that changed America |d New York : Viking, 2017 |z 9780698186675 |w (DLC) 2016046390 |
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