Social Darwinism
Subtitle: science and myth in Anglo-American social thought with a new preface
By: Robert C. Bannister.
Edition: [New ed.]
Series: American civilization
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Social Darwinism -- Great Britain -- History.; Social Darwinism -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The idea of Social Darwinism; title: The scientific background; title: Hushing up death; title: Philantropic energy and philosophic calm; title: Amending the faith; title: William Graham Sumner; title: The survival of the fittest is our doctrine; title: Neo-Darwinism and the crisis of the 1890s; title: A pigeon fanciers' polity; title: The scaffolding of progress; title: The Nietzsche vogue; title: Beyond the battle: the literary naturalists; title: Imperialism and the warrior critique; title: Epilogue: From histronics to history.