Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America by Wrobel, Arthur

Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813155449)

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Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America by Wrobel, Arthur

Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America

$25.00
Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America by Wrobel, Arthur

Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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Progressive nineteenth-century Americans believed firmly that human perfection could be achieved with the aid of modern science. To many, the science of that turbulent age appeared to offer bright new answers to life's age-old questions. Such a climate, not surprisingly, fostered the growth of what we now view as "pseudo-sciences""-disciplines delicately balancing a dubious inductive methodology with moral and spiritual concerns, disseminated with a combination of aggressive entrepreneurship and

Author: Arthur Wrobel
ISBN-10: 0813155444
ISBN-13: 9780813155449
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
By Arthur Wrobel
By Arthur Wrobel
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Arthur Wrobel is associate professor of American literature at the University of Kentucky and the editor of American Notes and Queries.

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