Banquet at Delmonico's
Subtitle: how evolution conquered Gilded Age America
By: Barry Werth.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781400067787
Subjects: Spencer, Herbert, -- 1820-1903 -- Influence; Delmonico's Restaurant (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century; Social Darwinism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Human evolution -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Dinners and dining -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
Genres: Biography.
Description: Draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War. Prominent among these men were the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.