Evolutionary thought in America / [Edited for the special program in American civilization at Princeton University].

Author/creator Persons, Stow, 1913-
Other author Princeton University. Program of Study in American Civilization.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 1950.
Descriptionx, 462 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The theory of evolution: The rise and impact of evolutionary ideas, by R. Scoon. Evolution in its relation to the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of culture, by F.S.C. Northrop. The genetic nature of differences among men, by T. Dobzhansky. Evolutionary thought in America: Evolution and American sociology by R.E.L. Faris. The impact of the idea of evolution on the American political and constitutional tradition, by E.S. Corwin. Evolutionism in American economics, 1800-1946, by J.J. Spengler. The influence of evolutionary theory upon American psychological thought, by E.G. Boring. Naturalism in American literature, by M. Cowley. The idea of organic expression and American architecture, by D.D. Egbert. Evolution and moral theory in America, W.F. Quillian, Jr. Evolution and theology in America, by S. Persons.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 50010345

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