The Book That Changed America

By Randall Fuller

Subjects: Movements, Evolution (Biology.), Transcendentalism, HISTORY, SCIENCE, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Civil War Period (1850-1877), PHILOSOPHY, Life Sciences, New York Times reviewed, Evolution, history, Darwin, charles, 1809-1882, History, On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles), Origin of species, Influence

Description: Traces the impact of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on a diverse group of writers, abolitionists, and social reformers, including Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott, against a backdrop of growing tensions and transcendental idealism in 1860 America.