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Darwin and the General Reader: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-1872

Darwin and the General Reader: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the British Periodical Press, 1859-1872

by Alvar Ellegard

  • HISTORY
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

Ellegard analyzes the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution during the first dozen years after the publication of the Origin of Species, drawing on over 100 British newspapers and literary and science periodicals.  (NAT25, $35.00)

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