An elusive Victorian [electronic resource] :the evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace / Martin Fichman.
By: Fichman, Martin.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004Description: 1 online resource (x, 382 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780226246154 (electronic bk.); 0226246159 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Naturalists -- England -- Biography | Spiritualists -- England -- Biography | Socialists -- England -- Biography | Natural selection | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Natural History -- Great Britain -- History -- Biography | Biological Evolution -- Great Britain -- Biography | History, 19th Century -- Great Britain -- Biography | Religion and Science -- Great Britain -- Biography | Selection, Genetic -- Great Britain -- Biography | Natural history | Science | NATURE -- Essays | NATURE -- Reference | TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology | Natuurlijke selectie | Evolutietheorie | Sociale geschiedenis | Evolução -- Inglaterra | Wallace, Alfred RusselGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.DDC classification: 508.092 Online resources: EBSCOhost | Item type | Current location | Call number | url | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-363) and index.
Introduction -- The making of a Victorian naturalist -- Wallace's evolutionary philosophy -- The making of a Victorian spiritualist : multiple directions and inevitable tensions -- Land nationalization to socialism : the ethics of politics and the politics of ethics -- Toward a synthesis : Wallace's theistic evolutionary theology.
Codiscoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace should be recognized as one of the titans of Victorian science. Instead he has long been relegated to a secondary place behind Darwin. Worse, many scholars have overlooked or even mocked his significant contributions to other aspects of Victorian culture. With An Elusive Victorian, Martin Fichman provides the first comprehensive analytical study of Wallace's life and controversial intellectual career.
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