Social Darwinism in American Thought by Hofstadter, Richard

Social Darwinism in American Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807055038)

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Social Darwinism in American Thought by Hofstadter, Richard

Social Darwinism in American Thought

$28.00
Social Darwinism in American Thought by Hofstadter, Richard

Social Darwinism in American Thought

$28.00
Format: Paperback
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Are society's disadvantaged doomed to get "selected out" of the economic pool? Is America's social landscape a battleground for "survival of the fittest, where only the strong endure? Once again, biology is being used to explain human development, and right-wing ideologues claim reluctance to intervene in the "natural" workings of the economy. Richard Hofstadter's now-classic work offers important insight into how ideas borne out of evolutionary theory continue to effect American values. Tracing the impact of Darwin on thinkers throughout the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, Social Darwinism shows how a politically neutral scientific theory has been adapted with skillful rhetoric to contradictory purposes.

Author: Richard Hofstadter
ISBN-10: 0807055034
ISBN-13: 9780807055038
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1992
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.58w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/17/1992
By Richard Hofstadter
By Richard Hofstadter
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Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was a Dewitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and author of many books. He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for The Age of Reform and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.

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