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Banquet at Delmonico's: The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America
Banquet at Delmonico's The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America
Author: Barry Werth
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 philo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226893846
ISBN-10: 0226893847
Publication Date: 4/1/2011
Pages: 400
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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