The Triumph of Evolution by Hamilton Cravens

The Triumph of Evolution by Hamilton Cravens

Hamilton Cravens challenges widespread belief to argue that the impact of evolutionary ideas on American culture and science has been greater since the collapse of Social Darwinism. he portrays a new generation of American scientists whose pioneering work led to the bitterly debated heredity-environment controversy in the 1920s and then, in the '30s, to a "synthetic" theory of the way heredity and environment together have shaped human nature and culture. The resolution of this issue seemed to hold an exhilarating promise. If scientists could explain—and even predict—human behavior, they might help restore social control and stability in an age of domestic ferment and international turmoil. The Triumph of Evolution is the first scholarly history of one of the most significant scientific controversies of the twentieth century.

"The Triumph of Evolution now stands as the most thorough exploration of evolutionary thought. . . [The] book deserves a wide reading." * Science *
"An important study of the emergence of the seminal social sciences-psychology, sociology, anthropology-and their development within the framework of the twentieth-century nature-nurture, heredity-environment controversy." * Journal of American History *
"Superb research." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *

Hamilton Cravens is Professor of History at Iowa State University at Ames.

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ISBN 13	9780812277449
ISBN 10	0812277449
Titel	The Triumph of Evolution
Autor	Hamilton Cravens
Serie	Anniversary Collection
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Verlag	University of Pennsylvania Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1978-07-29
Seitenanzahl	376
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