Politics of Evolution Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London

Name: Politics of Evolution Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London
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ISBN: 9780226143743

ISBN-10: 0226143740

ISBN-13: 9780226143743

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Adrian Desmond

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Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before. "The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."--Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement "One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."--John Hedley…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 514
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene



Importing the New Morphology



Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective



Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools



Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy



Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons



Engaging the Lamarckians



Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy



Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks Afterword: Putting Darwin in the Picture



Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830s



Biographical List of British Medical Men


Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index