The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation

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In 1860, Charles Darwin's just published 'On the origin of species' was read and discussed by five extraordinary American intellectuals: botanist Asa Gray, child welfare reformer Charles Loring Brace, abolitionist Franklin Sanborn, philosopher Bronson Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau....

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Main Author: Fuller, Randall, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > On the origin of species.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Evolution (Biology) > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.

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520 |a In 1860, Charles Darwin's just published 'On the origin of species' was read and discussed by five extraordinary American intellectuals: botanist Asa Gray, child welfare reformer Charles Loring Brace, abolitionist Franklin Sanborn, philosopher Bronson Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau. In telling their story, this book provides a biography of perhaps the single most important idea of the nineteenth century, revealing a unique moment when Darwin's book reshaped American notions about nature, religion, science, and race. The book brings to life these five thinkers, as well as notable writers such as Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Frederick Douglass, as they intersected to grapple with evolutionary theory. Creating a rich tableau of nineteenth-century American intellectual culture, this book is also an account of issues and concerns that are still very much with us today, including racism the enduring conflict between science and religion.--  |c From publisher's description. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Part I. Origins -- 1. The book from across the Atlantic -- 2. Gray's botany -- 3. Beetles, birds, theories -- 4. Word of mouth -- 5. Making a stir -- 6. A night at the Lyceum -- 7. The nick of time -- Part II. Struggles -- 8. Bones of contention -- 9. Agassiz -- 10. The what-is-it? -- 11. A spirited conflict -- 12. Into the vortex -- 13. Tree of life -- 14. A jolt of recognition -- 15. Wildfires -- Part III. Adaptations -- 16. Discord in Concord -- 17. Moods -- 18. Meditations in a garden -- 19. The succession of forest trees -- 20. Races of the Old World -- 21. A cold shudder -- Part IV. Transformations -- 22. At Down House -- 23. The ghost of John Brown -- 24. In the transcendental graveyard. 
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