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Title:

Natural selection and beyond : the intellectual legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace / edited by Charles H. Smith and George Beccaloni.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxv, 482 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913.
Evolution (Biology)--History--19th century.
Natural selection--History--19th century.
Biogeography--History--19th century.
Exobiology--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Smith, Charles H. (Charles Hyde), 1950-
Beccaloni, George.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-465) and index.

Contents:

Homes sweet homes : a biographical tour of Wallace's many places of residence / George Beccaloni -- "Ardent beetle-hunters" : natural history, collecting, and the theory of evolution / Andrew Berry -- Theory and practice in the field : Wallace's work in natural history (1844-1858) / Melinda Bonnie Fagan -- Wallace's annotated copy of the Darwin-Wallace paper on natural selection / George Beccaloni -- Wallace and the species concept of the early Darwinians / James Mallet -- Direct selection for reproductive isolation : the Wallace effect and reinforcement / Norman A. Johnson -- The colours of animals : from Wallace to the present day. 1, Cryptic coloration / Tim Caro, Sami Merilaita, Martin Stevens -- The colours of animals : from Wallace to the present day. 2, Conspicuous coloration / Tim Car ... [et al.] -- Alfred Russel Wallace, biogeographer / Bernard Michaux -- Wallace and the great ice age / Keith Tinkler -- Wallace, conservation, and sustainable development / Sandra Knapp -- The "finest butterfly in the world?" : Wallace and his literary legacy / Peter Raby -- Wallace and Owenism / Gregory Claeys -- Wallace, women, and eugenics / Diane B. Paul -- Out of "the limbo of 'unpractical politics'" : the origins and essence of Wallace's advocacy of land nationalization / David A. Stack -- Alfred Russel Wallace and anti-vaccinationism in the late Victorian cultural context, 1870-1907 / Martin Fichman -- The universe and Alfred Russel Wallace / Steven J. Dick -- Wallace's unfinished business / Charles H. Smith -- Wallace in wonderland / James Moore -- Wallace's dilemmas : the laws of nature and the human spirit / Ted Benton -- Wallace, spiritualism, and beyond : "change," or "no change"? / Charles H. Smith.

ISBN:

0199239169 (hbk.)
9780199239160 (hbk.)

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)