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

Posted By: roxul
Date: 15 Jul 2022 14:20:55
Banquet at Delmonico's: The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America

Barry Werth, "Banquet at Delmonico's: The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America"
English | ISBN: 0226893847 | 2011 | 400 pages | EPUB | 863 KB

In Banquet 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.
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