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Banquet at Delmonico's: The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226893846)
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xIn Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post-Civil-War America. Each chapter is dedicated to a crucial intellectual encounter, culminating with an exclusive farewell dinner held in English philosopher Herbert Spencer's honor at the venerable New York restaurant Delmonico's in 1882. In this thought-provoking and nuanced account, Werth firmly situates social Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. Banquet at Delmonico's is social history at its finest.
Author: Barry Werth
ISBN-10: 0226893847
ISBN-13: 9780226893846
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.22w x 0.84d
By Barry Werth
xBarry Werth is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and GQ. He is the author of several books, including The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal and 31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today.
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