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100 1 Werth, Barry.
245 10 Banquet at Delmonico's :|bgreat minds, the Gilded Age, and
the triumph of evolution in America /|cBarry Werth.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2009]
264 4 |c©2009
300 xxxi, 362 pages ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-325) and
index.
505 0 New York, November 8, 1882 -- Cambridge, 1871 -- New Haven,
1872 -- New York, 1873 -- New Haven, 1874 -- Brooklyn,
1875 -- Washington, 1876 -- Baltimore, 1877 -- Brooklyn,
1878 -- French Riviera, 1879 -- Washington, 1880 -- New
York, 1881 -- New York, 1882.
520 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.
600 10 Spencer, Herbert,|d1820-1903|xInfluence.
610 20 Delmonico's Restaurant (New York, N.Y.)|xHistory|y19th
century.
650 0 Social Darwinism|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century.
650 0 Human evolution|xSocial aspects|zUnited States|xHistory
|y19th century.
650 0 Social change|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century.
650 0 Dinners and dining|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory
|y19th century.
650 0 Intellectuals|zUnited States|vBiography.
651 0 United States|xIntellectual life|y19th century.
651 0 United States|xSocial conditions|y1865-1918.
651 0 United States|xSocial life and customs|y1865-1918.
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