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Representing the present rich state of historical work on Darwin and Darwinism, this volume of essays places the great theorist in the context of Victorian science. The book includes contributions by some of the most distinguished senior figures of Darwin scholarship and by leading younger scholars who have been transforming Darwinian studies. The result is the most comprehensive survey available of Darwin's impact on science and society.

Originally published in 1986.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright, Dedication, Acknowledgements
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-ix
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Introduction: A High Regard for Darwin
  2. David Kohn
  3. pp. 1-5
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  1. Part One: The Evolution of a Theorist
  1. 1. Going the Limit: Toward the Construction of Darwin's Theory (1832-1839)
  2. Howard E. Gruber
  3. pp. 9-34
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  1. 2. The Wider British Context in Darwin's Theorizing
  2. Silvan S. Schweber
  3. pp. 35-69
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  1. 3. Darwin's Invertebrate Program, 1826-1836: Preconditions for Transformism
  2. Phillip R. Sloan
  3. pp. 71-120
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  1. 4. Darwin's Early Intellectual Development: An Overview of the Beagle Voyage (1831-1836)
  2. Frank J. SULLOWAY
  3. pp. 121-154
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  1. 5. Owen and Darwin Reading a Fossil: Macraughenia in a Bony Light
  2. Stan P. Rachootin
  3. pp. 155-183
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  1. 6. The Immediate Origins of Natural Selection
  2. M.J. S. Hodge, David Kohn
  3. pp. 185-206
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  1. 7. Darwin as a Lifelong Generation Theorist
  2. M.J. S. Hodge
  3. pp. 207-243
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  1. 8. Darwin's Principle of Divergence as Internal Dialogue
  2. David Kohn
  3. pp. 245-257
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  1. 9. Darwin's Intellectual Development (Commentary)
  2. Giulitmo Pancaldi
  3. pp. 259-263
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  1. 10. Speaking of Species: Darwin's Strategy
  2. John Beatty
  3. pp. 265-281
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  1. 11. The Ascent of Nature in Darwin's Descent
  2. John R. Durant
  3. pp. 283-306
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  1. 12. Darwin and the Expression of the Emotions
  2. Janet Broume
  3. pp. 307-326
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  1. 13. Darwin on Animal Behavior and Evolution
  2. Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr.
  3. pp. 327-365
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  1. 14. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace: Two Decades of Debate over Natural Selection
  2. Makobn Jay Kottkr
  3. pp. 367-432
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  1. Part Two: Darwin in Victorian Context
  1. 15. Darwin of Down: The Evolutionist as Squarson-Naturalist
  2. James R. Moore
  3. pp. 435-481
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  1. 16. Darwin the Young Geologist
  2. Sandra Herbert
  3. pp. 483-510
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  1. 17. Darwin and the World of Geology (Commentary)
  2. Martin J. S. Rudwick
  3. pp. 511-518
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  1. 18. Darwin and the Breeders: A Social History
  2. James A. Secord
  3. pp. 519-542
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  1. 19. Darwin's Reading and the Fictions of Development
  2. Gillian Beer
  3. pp. 543-588
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  1. 20. Three Notes on the Reception of Darwin's Ideas on Natural Selection (Henry Baker Tristram, Alfred Newton, Samuel Wilberforce)
  2. I. Bernard Cohen
  3. pp. 589-607
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  1. 21. Darwinism Is Social
  2. Robert M. Young
  3. pp. 609-638
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  1. Part Three: Towards the Comparative Reception of Darwinism
  1. 22. Scientific Attitudes to Darwinism in Britain and America
  2. Peter J. Bowkr
  3. pp. 641-681
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  1. 23. Darwinism in Germany, France, and Italy
  2. Pietro Corsi, Paul J. Weindling
  3. pp. 683-729
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  1. 24. Darwin and Russian Evolutionary Biology
  2. Francesco M. Scudo, Michele Amnfora
  3. pp. 731-752
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  1. Part Four: Perspectives on Darwin and Darwinism
  1. 25. Darwin's Five Theories of Evolusion
  2. Ernst Mayr
  3. pp. 755-772
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  1. 26. Darwinism as a Historical Entity: A Historiographic Proposal
  2. David L. Hull
  3. pp. 773-812
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  1. 27. Darwinism Today (commentary)
  2. Jacques Roger
  3. pp. 813-823
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  1. 28. Adaptation and Mechanisms of Evolution After Darwin: A Study in Persistent Controverts
  2. William B. Provine
  3. pp. 825-866
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  1. 29. Darwin on Natural Selection: A Philosophical Perspective
  2. Elhott Sober
  3. pp. 867-899
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  1. 30. Images of Darwin: A Historiographic Overview
  2. Antonello La Vergata
  3. pp. 901-972
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  1. 31. The Beagle Colleector and his Collections
  2. Duncan M. Porter
  3. pp. 973-1019
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 1021-1099
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 1101-1138
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