| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 482 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-465) and index. |
| Contents |
Homes sweet homes : a biographical tour of Wallace's many places of residence / George Beccaloni -- "Ardent beetle-hunters" : natural history, collecting, and the theory of evolution / Andrew Berry -- Theory and practice in the field : Wallace's work in natural history (1844-1858) / Melinda Bonnie Fagan -- Wallace's annotated copy of the Darwin-Wallace paper on natural selection / George Beccaloni -- Wallace and the species concept of the early Darwinians / James Mallet -- Direct selection for reproductive isolation : the Wallace effect and reinforcement / Norman A. Johnson -- The colours of animals : from Wallace to the present day. 1, Cryptic coloration / Tim Caro, Sami Merilaita, Martin Stevens -- The colours of animals : from Wallace to the present day. 2, Conspicuous coloration / Tim Car [and others] -- Alfred Russel Wallace, biogeographer / Bernard Michaux -- Wallace and the great ice age / Keith Tinkler -- Wallace, conservation, and sustainable development / Sandra Knapp -- The "finest butterfly in the world?" : Wallace and his literary legacy / Peter Raby -- Wallace and Owenism / Gregory Claeys -- Wallace, women, and eugenics / Diane B. Paul -- Out of "the limbo of 'unpractical politics'" : the origins and essence of Wallace's advocacy of land nationalization / David A. Stack -- Alfred Russel Wallace and anti-vaccinationism in the late Victorian cultural context, 1870-1907 / Martin Fichman -- The universe and Alfred Russel Wallace / Steven J. Dick -- Wallace's unfinished business / Charles H. Smith -- Wallace in wonderland / James Moore -- Wallace's dilemmas : the laws of nature and the human spirit / Ted Benton -- Wallace, spiritualism, and beyond : "change," or "no change"? / Charles H. Smith. |
| Summary |
Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the nineteenth century's most potent intellectual forces. In this rich and varied collection, writers from a range of fields explore Wallace's work - and influence today - as biologist, collector, and a Victorian deeply engaged with the social, political, and philosophical issues of the age. - ;Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913) was one of the late nineteenth century's most potent intellectual forces. His link to Darwin as co-discoverer of the principle of natural selection alone would have secured him a place in history, but he went on to complete work entitl. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
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Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. |
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Wallace, Alfred Russel. |
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Evolution (Biology) -- History -- 19th century.
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Evolution (Biology) |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Natural selection -- History -- 19th century.
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Natural selection. |
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Biogeography -- History -- 19th century.
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Biogeography. |
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Exobiology -- History -- 19th century.
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Exobiology. |
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1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Charles H. (Charles Hyde), 1950-
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Beccaloni, George.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Natural selection and beyond. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199239160 0199239169 (DLC) 2008301215 (OCoLC)229023747 |
| ISBN |
9780191553585 (electronic book) |
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0191553581 (electronic book) |
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9780199239160 (cloth) |
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0199239169 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786612053184 |
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