| Description |
x, 294 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Origins -- The Book from Across the Atlantic -- Gray's Botany -- Beetles, Birds, Theories -- Word of Mouth -- Making a Stir -- A Night at the Lyceum -- The Nick of Time -- Part II: Struggles -- Bones of Contention -- Agassiz -- The What-Is-It? -- A Spirited Conflict -- Into the Vortex -- Tree of Life -- A Jolt of Recognition -- Wildfires -- Part III: Adaptations -- Discord in Concord -- Moods -- Meditations in a Garden -- The Succession of Forest Trees -- Races of the Old World -- A Cold Shudder -- Part IV: Transformations -- At Down House -- The Ghost of John Brown -- In the Transcendental Graveyard. |
| Summary |
Traces the impact of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on a diverse group of writers, abolitionists, and social reformers, including Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott, against a backdrop of growing tensions and transcendental idealism in 1860 America. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. (OCoLC)fst00029136
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On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles) (OCoLC)fst01356611
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Evolution (Biology) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Fuller, Randall, 1963- , author.. Book that changed America New York : Viking, 2017 9780698186675 (DLC) 2016046390 |
| ISBN |
9780525428336 (hardcover) |
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052542833X (hardcover) |
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