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Killer instinct : the popular science of human nature in twentieth-century America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weidman, Nadine M., 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Science in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Nature and nurture > United States > History > 20th century.
Aggressiveness.
Sociobiology > United States > History > 20th century.
Human behavior.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The beast within
  • How ethology became popular
  • The alchemy of aggression
  • Weapons created man
  • The biology of love
  • The aggression debate
  • Sociobiology and pop ethology: contextualizing E. O. Wilson
  • Genes and gender: the sociobiology debate
  • Conclusion: On the shores of Lake Turkana.