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American genesis : the antievolution controversies from Scopes to creation science
- Author
- Moran, Jeffrey P.
- Title
- American genesis : the antievolution controversies from Scopes to creation science / Jeffrey P. Moran.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Description
- xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Variant title
- Title on jacket: American genesis : the evolution controversies from Scopes to creation science
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : Darwin comes to America
- Monkeys and mothers
- Regionalism and the antievolution impulse
- Fighting for the future of the race
- Descent with modification
- Creationism and the campus.
- Summary
- "In American Genesis, Jeffrey P. Moran explores the ways in which the evolution debate has reverberated beyond the confines of state legislatures and courthouses. Using extensive research in newspapers, periodicals, and archives, Moran shows that social forces such as gender, regionalism, and race have intersected with the debate over evolution in ways that shed light on modern American culture."--Jacket.
- Subject headings
- Evolution (Biology)--United States--Religious aspects--Christianity --History. Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching--United States--History. Creationism--United States--History.
- ISBN
- 9780195183498 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195183495 (hardcover : alk. paper)