Banquet at Delmonico's The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America

Name: Banquet at Delmonico's The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America
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ISBN: 9780226893846

ISBN-10: 0226893847

ISBN-13: 9780226893846

Edition: 2011

Authors: Barry Werth

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InBanquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post-Civil-War America. Each chapter is dedicated to a crucial intellectual encounter, culminating with an exclusive farewell dinner held in English philosopher Herbert Spencer's honor at the venerable New York restaurant Delmonico's in 1882. In this thought-provoking and nuanced account, Werth firmly situates social Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age.Banquet at Delmonico'sis social history at its finest.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Barry Werth is the author of "The Billion-Dollar Molecule" & "Damages". He has written about Newton Arvin for "The New Yorker" & has also been published in "GQ" & "The New York Times Magazine". He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.