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Author:

Werth, Barry.

Title:

Banquet at Delmonico's : great minds, the Gilded Age, and the triumph of evolution in America / Barry Werth.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxxi, 362 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Social Darwinism--United States--History--19th century.
Human evolution--History--United States--History--19th century.
Social change--United States--History--19th century.
Spencer, Herbert,--1820-1903--Influence.
Dinners and dining--New York--New York--History--19th century.
Delmonico's Restaurant (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century.
Intellectuals--United States--Biography.
United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.

Contents:

New York, November 8, 1882 -- Cambridge, 1871 -- New Haven, 1872 -- New York, 1873 -- New Haven, 1874 -- Brooklyn, 1875 -- Washington, 1876 -- Baltimore, 1877 -- Brooklyn, 1878 -- French Riviera, 1879 -- Washington, 1880 -- New York, 1881 -- New York, 1882.

Summary:

Draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to America in the crucial years after the Civil War. Prominent among these men were the English philosopher Herbert Spencer, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, clergyman Henry Ward Beecher, and political reformer Carl Schurz.

ISBN:

1400067782 (alk. paper)
9781400067787 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008016567

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)