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04828aam a2200613 i 4500 001 C89DCA04680311E588D327A2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151001010245 008 131107s2014 flua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2013044108 020 $a 0813049431 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813049434 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)857740664 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d YUS $d FUG $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YAM $d CDX $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d ZLM $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-fl 050 00 $a QH362 $b .H38 2014 060 00 $a 2014 G-168 060 10 $a QH 362 082 00 $a 576.8 $2 23 100 1 $a Haught, Brandon, $e author. 245 10 $a Going ape : $b Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / $c Brandon Haught. 264 1 $a Gainesville, FL : $b University Press of Florida, $c [2014] 300 $a xii, 277 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-268) and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- "Between the Devil and the deep blue sea" -- "Un-American, atheistic, subversive, and communistic" -- "A spirit of compromise and conciliation" -- "A history of hoaxes, deception, and deceit" -- "A conspiracy to destroy the faith of children" -- "It was historic, wasn't it?" -- "One of the primal evils in our country" -- "There are razor blades in that apple" -- "I want God to be part of this" -- "Who gets to decide what is science?" -- "Standing up for the little guy" -- Epilogue. 520 $a In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today. 520 $a "For nearly a century, Florida has been a key battleground for the teaching of evolution in public schools. Before he successfully prosecuted Tennessee teacher John Scopes in the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial, William Jennings Bryan was a prominent anti-evolution agitator in Florida. More than ninety years later, tensions still run high on both sides of the issue, erupting regularly and sometimes spectacularly. Florida is a bellwether in the creationism versus evolution debate because it reflects the makeup of the country as a whole. With its lively mix of young and old, liberal and conservative, rich and poor, Florida is an agglomeration of national opinions; more purple than red or blue. Brandon Haught tells the riveting story of the intense conflicts over teaching evolution in Florida, revealing how not just this state, but the entire country has been Going Ape over this hot-button issue. These seemingly ceaseless battles feature some of the most colorful culture warriors imaginable: a real estate tycoon throwing his fortune into campaigns in Miami; lawmakers attempting to insert the mandatory teaching of creationism into bills; and pastors and school board members squabbling in front of the national media that invariably descends on their small towns. Yet the majority of participants have been average people, and Haught expertly portrays the sense of moral duty that drives their passions, regardless of their position on the issue. Personally involved in the Florida evolution dispute since 2006 as a founding board member of Florida Citizens for Science, Haught is uniquely poised to present this dramatic conflict from an insider's point-of-view." -- From the publisher's description. 650 12 $a Biological Evolution $z Florida. 650 12 $a Teaching $z Florida. 650 22 $a Religion and Science $z Florida. 650 22 $a Schools $z Florida. 650 0 $a Evolution (Biology) $x Study and teaching $z Florida. 650 0 $a Evolution (Biology) $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Creationism. 650 0 $a Religion and state. 650 0 $a Religion and science. 650 7 $a Creationism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882407 650 7 $a Evolution (Biology) $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917312 650 7 $a Evolution (Biology) $x Study and teaching. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917327 650 7 $a Religion and science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093848 650 7 $a Religion and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093863 651 7 $a Florida. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205150 650 7 $a Biologieunterricht. $0 (DE-588)4006855-9 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Evolutionstheorie. $0 (DE-588)4071051-8 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Kreationismus. $0 (DE-588)4226745-6 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Schule. $0 (DE-588)4053474-1 $2 gnd 651 7 $a Florida. $0 (DE-588)4017585-6 $2 gnd 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780813049434 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826092536.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20151001051132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C89DCA04680311E588D327A2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search