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

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University of Chicago Press, 15 apr 1992 - 503 pagina's
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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Setting the Scene
1
2 Importing the New Morphology
25
The Radical Perspective
101
4 Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools
152
Dealing with Geoffroys Anatomy
193
Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons
236
7 Engaging the Lamarckians
276
New Directions in Comparative Anatomy
335
Some Concluding Remarks
373
Putting Darwin in the Picture
398
Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830s
415
Biographical List of British Medical Men
417
Abbreviations
431
Bibliography
433
Index
467
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Over de auteur (1992)

Adrian Desmond is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Biology at University College, London, and is the coauthor (with James Moore) of Darwin.

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