The politics of evolution : morphology, medicine, and reform in radical London
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"" Annotation Published: June 2015
Student Collection
x, 503 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780226143460, 9780226143743, 0226143465, 0226143740
19981038
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
8 Embryology, archetypes, and idealism: New directions in comparative anatomy
Grasping the nettle: Some concluding remarks
Afterword: Putting Darwin in the Picture
Appendix A: Comparative anatomy teachers in London in the 1830s
Appendix B: Biographical list of British medical men
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index