American genesis : the evolution controversies from Scopes to creation science / Jeffrey P. Moran.

The question of teaching evolution in public schools is a continuing and frequently heated political issue in America. From Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925 to recent battles that have erupted in Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio, and countless other localities, the critics and supporters of evolution ha...

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Main Author: Moran, Jeffrey P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Darwin Comes to America; 1. Monkeys and Mothers; 2. Regionalism and the Antievolution Impulse; 3. Fighting for the Future of the Race; 4. Descent with Modification; 5. Creationism and the Campus; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 
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