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The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London

By Adrian Desmond

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780226144535
DOI
10.7208/9780226144535
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
47 MB (49561979 bytes)
Pages
514\513
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 04:15:12

Description

Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before. "The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."—Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement "One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."—John Hedley Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement

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