The Book That Changed America
Subtitle: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation
By: Randall Fuller
Publisher: Viking
Published: January 24, 2017
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780525428336
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Influence; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index.
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