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Banquet at Delmonico's : great minds, the Gilded Age, and the triumph of evolution in America /

Draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War. Prominent among these men were the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, industria...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Werth, Barry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Social Darwinism > United States > History > 19th century.
Human evolution > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Social change > United States > History > 19th century.
Spencer, Herbert, > 1820-1903 > Influence.
Dinners and dining > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Delmonico's Restaurant (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Intellectuals > United States > Biography.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
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Summary:Draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War. Prominent among these men were the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz.
Physical Description:xxxi, 362 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-325) and index.
ISBN:9781400067787 (alk. paper)
1400067782 (alk. paper)