Disseminating Darwinism : the role of place, race, religion, and gender

This innovative collection of original essays focuses on the ways in which geography, gender, race, and religion influenced the reception of Darwinism in the English-speaking world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The contributions to this volume collectively illustrate the importance of local social, physical, and religious arrangements, while revealing that neither distance from Darwin's home at Down nor size of community greatly influenced how various regions responded to Darwinism. Essays spanning the world from Great Britain and North America to Australia and New Zealand explore the various meanings for Darwinism in these widely separated locales, while other chapters focus on the difference it made in the debates over evolution. This Innovative Collection Of Original Essays Focuses On The Ways In Which Geography, Gender, Race, And Religion Influenced The Reception Of Darwinism In The English-speaking World Of The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries. Essays Spanning The World From Great Britain And North America To Australia And New Zealand Explore The Various Meanings Of Darwinism In These Widely Separated Locales, While Other Chapters Focus On The Difference Race, Religion, And Gender Made In The Debates Over Evolution.--jacket. Science, Region, And Religion: The Reception Of Darwinism In Princeton, Belfast, And Edinburgh / David N. Livingstone -- Darwin Down Under: Science, Religion, And Evolution In Australia / Barry W. Butcher -- Darwinism In New Zealand, 1859-1900 / John Stenhouse -- Environment, Culture, And The Reception Of Darwin In Canada, 1859-1909 / Suzanne Zeller -- Darwinism In The American South / Ronald L. Numbers And Lester D. Stephens -- Darwinism, American Protestant Thinkers, And The Puzzle Of Motivation / Jon H. Roberts -- Exposing Darwin's Hidden Agenda: Roman Catholic Responses To Evolution, 1875-1925 / R. Scott Appleby -- American Jewish Responses To Darwin And Evolutionary Theory, 1860-1890 / Marc Swetlitz -- Black Responses To Darwinism, 1859-1915 / Eric D. Anderson -- The Irrepressible Woman Question: Women's Responses To Evolutionary Ideology / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt And Mark R. Jorgensen. Edited By Ronald L. Numbers And John Stenhouse. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Examines the influences on the reception of Darwinism in the nineteenth- early twentieth-century.

In recent years there has been a remarkable "spatial turn" among students of society and culture.