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The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London
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The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London Hardcover - 1992 - 1st Edition

by 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 Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement

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The "Darwinian revolution"-it is an evocative metaphor.

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  • Title The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London
  • Author Adrian Desmond
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 514
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date May 15, 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226143460 / 0226143465
  • Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.49 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Anatomy, Comparative - Research - England -, Evolution (Biology) - Research - England -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89005137
  • Dewey Decimal Code 575.094

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Adrian Desmond is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Biology at University College, London, and is the coauthor (with James Moore) of Darwin.
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