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Author:

Hesketh, Ian, 1975-

Title:

Of apes and ancestors : evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate / Ian Hesketh.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

viii, 144 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Huxley, Thomas Henry,--1825-1895.
Wilberforce, Samuel,--1805-1873.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882.
Evolution (Biology)--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Religion and science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Charles Darwin: historian of natural history -- The struggles of Soapy Sam -- Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen: or, Darwin's bulldog and the queer fish -- Joseph Dalton Hooker and the early history of a great friendship -- The Oxford debate -- Remembering the Oxford debate -- Epilogue: the history of the present.

ISBN:

0802092845
9780802092847

OCLC:

(OCoLC)394987946

Locations:

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