| Description |
294 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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| Subject(S) |
Evolution (Biology) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
How Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation |
| ISBN |
9780698186675 |
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9780525428336 (hardcover) |
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052542833X (hardcover) |
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