Disseminating Darwinism
The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender

This book examines the influences on the reception of Darwinism in the nineteenth- early twentieth-century.

Ronald L. Numbers (Edited by), John Stenhouse (Edited by)

9780521620710, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 December 1999

314 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 kg

'The essays in this collection are worth serious attention, as each demonstrates that the debate surrounding Darwin's theory that goes far beyond the simple dichotomies of 'faith' verus 'science', and in doing so, each of the contributors have given the history of Darwinism the depth and breadth it deserves.' Journal of Religious History

This innovative collection of original essays focuses on the ways in which geography, gender, race, and religion influenced the reception of Darwinism in the English-speaking world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although studies of Darwin and Darwinism have increased dramatically in the past few decades, knowledge of how various groups and regions responded to Darwinism remains unknown. The contributions to this volume collectively illustrate the importance of local social, physical, and religious arrangements, while showing that neither distance from Darwin's home at Down nor size of community greatly influenced how various regions responded to Darwinism. Essays spanning the world from Great Britain and North America to Australia and New Zealand explore the various meanings for Darwinism in these widely separated locales, while other chapters focus on the difference it made in the debates over evolution.

Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Science, region, and religion: the reception of Darwinism in Princeton, Belfast, and Edinburgh David N. Livingstone
2. Darwin Down Under: science, religion, and evolution in Australia Barry W. Butcher
3. Darwinism in New Zealand, 1859–1900 John Stenhouse
4. Environment, culture, and the reception of Darwin in Canada, 1859–1909 Suzanne Zeller
5. Darwinism in the American South Ronald L. Numbers and Lester D. Stephens
6. Darwinism, American Protestant thinkers, and the puzzle of motivation Jon H. Roberts
7. Exposing Darwin's 'hidden agenda': Roman Catholic responses to evolution, 1875–1925 R. Scott Appleby
8. American Jewish Responses to Darwin and Evolutionary theories, 1860–1890 Marc Swetlitz
9. Black responses to Darwinism, 1859–1915 Eric D. Anderson
10. 'The irrepressible woman question': women's responses to evolutionary ideology Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Mark R. Jorgensen.

Subject Areas: Evolution [PSAJ], History of science [PDX], Religion & beliefs [HR], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], General & world history [HBG]