| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 144 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Charles Darwin: historian of natural history -- The struggles of Soapy Sam -- Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen: or, Darwin's bulldog and the queer fish -- Joseph Dalton Hooker and the early history of a great friendship -- The Oxford debate -- Remembering the Oxford debate -- Epilogue: the history of the present. |
| Summary |
By reconstructing the Oxford debate of 1860 on the merits of Charles Darwin?s Origin of Species, and carefully considering the individual perspectives of the main participants, Ian Hesketh argues that personal jealousies and professional agendas played a formative role in shaping the response to Darwin's hypothesis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. |
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Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873.
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Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. |
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Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Evolution (Biology) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Religion and science. |
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hesketh, Ian, 1975- Of apes and ancestors. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010) 9781442697591 |
| ISBN |
9781442697119 (electronic book) |
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1442697113 (electronic book) |
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9781442697591 (electronic book) |
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1442697598 (electronic book) |
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9780802092847 |
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