Archetypes and Ancestors
Palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875
Edición de la obra Archetypes and Ancestors
| Autor | Adrian Desmond |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University Of Chicago Press |
| Fecha de publicación | September 15, 1986 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 288 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780226143446 |
| ISBN-10 | 0226143449 |
| Número de Cutter | D464a |
How fossil animals were interpreted by rival sectors of British society, especially by pro- and anti-Darwinian factions. The ideological infighting was typified by T. H. Huxley and Richard Owen's clashes over dinosaurs, the ancestry of mammals and birds, and the kinship of mammal-like reptiles. Also discussed: William Henry Flower.--John Whittaker Hulke.--Harry Govier Seeley.--Charles Robert Darwin.--Edwin Ray Lankester.--Robert Edmond Grant.--John Phillips.--Ernst Haeckel.--St George Mivart.--William Boyd Dawkins.--William Kitchen Parker.--Herbert Spencer. First edition published by Blond & Briggs (London 1982). The sales pitch for this University of Chicago Press edition (1984, pbk 1986)--which contained minor corrections, mostly typographical--was "Biology Meets the Class War". Among the more interesting reviews: Social Studies of Science, 15 (1985), 181-200; Medical History, 26 (1982), 462-6; Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 Jan. 1983, 18; London Review of Books, 21 July-3 Aug. 1983, 11-12.