Evolutionists - American Thinkers Confront Charles Darwin, 1860-1920

Informationen zum Autor J. David Hoeveler is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has written several books in American intellectual history! most recently Creating the American Mind: Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges. Klappentext Charles Darwin's book The Origin of Species! published in 1859! had a wide impact in the United States and influenced thinking in many different fields of intellectual inquiry. The Evolutionists examines the major American thinkers who addressed Darwin's ideas and gave them applications. The book reviews the controversies evolutionary thinking introduced in science! religion! sociology! feminism! economics! law! and philosophy. Zusammenfassung Charles Darwin's book "The Origin of Species"! published in 1859! had a wide impact in the United States and influenced thinking in many different fields of intellectual inquiry. This book examines the major American thinkers who addressed Darwin's ideas and gave them applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Along the Way to Darwin Chapter 2: Darwin's Dangerous Idea Chapter 3: The Scientific Reception: Louis Agassiz and Asa Gray Chapter 4: Protestant Orthodoxy: Charles Hodge and James McCosh Chapter 5: Protestant Liberalism: Henry Ward Beecher and John Bascom Chapter 6: Sociology: William Graham Summer and Lester Frank Ward Chapter 7: Feminism: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Eliza Burt Gamble Chapter 8: Methodologies: Thorstein Veblen and Oliver Wendell Homes! Jr. Chapter 9: Philosophy: William James and John Dewey

Product details

• Authors: J. David Hoeveler, J. David Jr. Hoeveler
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780742511743
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1174-3
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Critical Issues in History; Critical Issues in American History; Critical Issues in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous