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Author Haught, Brandon.

Title Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Between the devil and the deep blue sea" -- "Un-American, atheistic, subversive, and communistic" -- "A spirit of compromise and conciliation" -- "A history of hoaxes, deception, and deceit" -- "A conspiracy to destroy the faith of children" -- "It was historic, wasn't it?" -- "One of the primal evils in our country" -- "There are razor blades in that apple" -- "I want God to be part of this" -- "Who gets to decide what is science?" -- "Standing up for the little guy."
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Subject Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Florida.
Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching.
Florida.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
Creationism.
Creationism.
Religion and state.
Religion and state.
Religion and science.
Religion and science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Haught, Brandon. Going ape 9780813049434 (DLC) 2013044108 (OCoLC)857740664
ISBN 9780813048772 (electronic book)
081304877X (electronic book)
130656364X (e-book)
9781306563642 (e-book)
9780813049434
0813049431