Title Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
	©2014

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Summary	In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	"Between the devil and the deep blue sea" -- "Un-American, atheistic, subversive, and communistic" -- "A spirit of compromise and conciliation" -- "A history of hoaxes, deception, and deceit" -- "A conspiracy to destroy the faith of children" -- "It was historic, wasn't it?" -- "One of the primal evils in our country" -- "There are razor blades in that apple" -- "I want God to be part of this" -- "Who gets to decide what is science?" -- "Standing up for the little guy."
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Florida.
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
	Creationism.
	Religion and state.
	Religion and science.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
	Creationism. (OCoLC)fst00882407
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917312
	Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00917327
	Religion and science. (OCoLC)fst01093848
	Religion and state. (OCoLC)fst01093863
	Florida. (OCoLC)fst01205150
Other Form:	Print version: Haught, Brandon. Going ape 9780813049434 (DLC) 2013044108 (OCoLC)857740664
ISBN	9780813048772 (electronic bk.)
	081304877X (electronic bk.)
	130656364X (electronic bk.)
	9781306563642 (electronic bk.)

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