Disseminating Darwinism - The Role of Place, Race, Religion and Gender

Examines the influences on the reception of Darwinism in the nineteenth- early twentieth-century.

List of contents

Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Science, region, and religion: the reception of Darwinism in Princeton, Belfast, and Edinburgh David N. Livingstone; 2. Darwin Down Under: science, religion, and evolution in Australia Barry W. Butcher; 3. Darwinism in New Zealand, 1859-1900 John Stenhouse; 4. Environment, culture, and the reception of Darwin in Canada, 1859-1909 Suzanne Zeller; 5. Darwinism in the American South Ronald L. Numbers and Lester D. Stephens; 6. Darwinism, American Protestant thinkers, and the puzzle of motivation Jon H. Roberts; 7. Exposing Darwin's 'hidden agenda': Roman Catholic responses to evolution, 1875-1925 R. Scott Appleby; 8. American Jewish Responses to Darwin and Evolutionary theories, 1860-1890 Marc Swetlitz; 9. Black responses to Darwinism, 1859-1915 Eric D. Anderson; 10. 'The irrepressible woman question': women's responses to evolutionary ideology Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Mark R. Jorgensen.

Summary

This book focuses on the ways in which geography, gender, race, and religion influenced the reception of Darwinism from about 1850 to 1915. Essays spanning the world explore the various meanings of Darwinism in these widely separated locales, while other chapters focus on the difference it made in the debates over evolution.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Numbers, Ronald L. Numbers, John Stenhouse
• Assisted by: Ronald L. Numbers (Editor), Ronald L. (University of Wisconsin Numbers (Editor), Numbers Ronald L. (Editor), John Stenhouse (Editor), John (University of Otago Stenhouse (Editor), Stenhouse John (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780521011051
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01105-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & beliefs, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, General and world history, Religion and beliefs