| Description |
xvi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Medicine, science, and religion in historical context |
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Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-280) and index. |
| Contents |
The cave man and the strenuous life -- The museum in the modern Babylon -- Nineteen twenty-two or thereabouts -- Saving the phenomena -- Unlikely infidels -- Stooping to conquer, and a hall full of elephants -- The pictures in our heads -- Scientists and the monkey trial -- Redeeming the caveman, and the irreverent funny pages. |
| Summary |
"Set against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, this book explores the efforts of biologists to explain evolution to a confused and conflicted public during the 1920s. Focusing on the use of images and popularization, Constance Clark shows how scientists and anti-evolutionists deployed schematics, cartoons, photographs, sculptures, and paintings to win the battle for public acceptance."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Human beings -- Origin.
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Human evolution -- Public opinion.
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Human evolution -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Art and science.
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Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780801888250 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0801888255 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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