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Author Moore, Randy, author.

Title The Scopes "monkey trial" : America's most famous trial and its ongoing legacy / Randy Moore.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2023]
©2023

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Description xxix, 277 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
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Summary "In time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial, this new account of the "Trial of the Century" provides an indepth recounting of trial itself, the motivations of the individuals involved, and the impact and Trial on subsequent developments in science education, law, science, and religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
Contents Origins of the fundamentalists' crusade against evolution -- Making it a crime to teach evolution -- Pretrial skirmishes -- The duel begins -- Convicting Scopes -- The aftermath of the Scopes trial -- Inherit the wind -- Back to court -- Whatever happened to ... -- Epilogue.
Subject Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- Tennessee.
Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01430335
Tennessee. (OCoLC)fst01205353
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423712
ISBN 9781440878091 (cloth)
1440878099
9781440878107 (ebook)

 
    
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