{"product_id":"the-book-that-changed-america-how-darwins-theory-of-evolution-ignited-a-nation-paperback","title":"The Book That Changed America: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandall Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling portrait of a unique moment in American history when the ideas of Charles Darwin reshaped American notions about nature, religion, science and race \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lively and informative history.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout its history America has been torn in two by debates over ideals and beliefs. Randall Fuller takes us back to one of those turning points, in 1860, with the story of the influence of Charles Darwin's just-published \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e on five American intellectuals, including Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, the child welfare reformer Charles Loring Brace, and the abolitionist Franklin Sanborn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each of these figures seized on the book's assertion of a common ancestry for all creatures as a powerful argument against slavery, one that helped provide scientific credibility to the cause of abolition. Darwin's depiction of constant struggle and endless competition described America on the brink of civil war. But some had difficulty aligning the new theory to their religious convictions and their faith in a higher power. Thoreau, perhaps the most profoundly affected all, absorbed Darwin's views into his mysterious final work on species migration and the interconnectedness of all living things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Creating a rich tableau of nineteenth-century American intellectual culture, as well as providing a fascinating biography of perhaps the single most important idea of that time, \u003ci\u003eThe Book That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e is also an account of issues and concerns still with us today, including racism and the enduring conflict between science and religion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandall Fuller is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Phi Beta Kappa's Christian Gauss Award for best literary criticism, and \u003ci\u003eEmerson's Ghosts: Literature, Politics, and the Making of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmericanists\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStreet Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the Chapman Professor of English at the University of Tulsa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329644847411,"sku":"9780143130093","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EGNlMGTIFD9780143130093.webp?v=1778171608","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-book-that-changed-america-how-darwins-theory-of-evolution-ignited-a-nation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}