Banquet At Delmonico''s - The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America

Klappentext In "Banquet at Delmonico's!" Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals! scientists! politicians! businessmen! and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post-Civil-War America. Each chapter is dedicated to a crucial intellectual encounter! culminating with an exclusive farewell dinner held in English philosopher Herbert Spencer's honor at the venerable New York restaurant Delmonico's in 1882. In this thought-provoking and nuanced account! Werth firmly situates social Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. "Banquet at Delmonico's "is social history at its finest. Zusammenfassung Draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals! scientists! politicians! businessmen! and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. This title situates Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Werth, Barry (Northhampton Werth, Werth Barry
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780226893846
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89384-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, History of Ideas, Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA