| Description |
1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Religion and American public life |
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Religion and American public life (Cornell University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: belaboring Scopes -- Lighting the Darwin fuse -- The lamb-dragon and the devil's poison -- Blood relationship, Bolshevism, and whoopie parties -- The wolf pack and the upas Tree -- Beast ancestry, dangerous triplets, and damnable heresies -- Flood, fruit, and Satan -- Trees, knees, and nurseries -- The nightcrawler, the wedge, and the bloodiest religion -- Epilogue: the baby Christian and the dark place. |
| Summary |
"Red Dynamite examines how opponents of teaching evolutionary science in the United States over the course of the twentieth century used anticommunist politics to demonize Darwinism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Anticommunisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Anticommunisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
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Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-communism & Socialism.
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Religion / History.
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Science / Life Sciences / Evolution.
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Anti-communist movements
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United States
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Indexed Term |
evolutionary thinking, George McCready Price, Marxism, Darwinsim,. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weinberg, Carl R., 1962- Red dynamite Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501759291 (DLC) 2021020719 |
| ISBN |
9781501759314 epub |
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1501759310 epub |
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9781501759307 pdf |
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1501759302 pdf |
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9781501759291 paperback |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000069123992 |
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