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Annotated Bibliography
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste. Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to
the Natural History of Animals, trans. Hugh Elliot. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1984 (first published 1809). Translation of
Lamarck’s classic work on natural history, Philosophie zoologique.
Larson, Edward John. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s
Continuing Debate over Science and Religion. New York: Basic Books,
1997. Best scholarly study of the Scopes Trial. Discusses the continuing
impact of the Trial on contemporary American culture.
Livingstone, David N. Darwin’s Forgotten Defenders. Grand Rapids, MI:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1987. Examines the reaction of nineteenth-century
evangelical Christians in Britain and the United States
to The Origin of Species and the theory of evolution. Argues that these
reactions varied from passionate defenders to outspoken opponents.
Lyell, Charles. Principles of Geology. 3 vols, ed. James A. Secord. London:
Penguin, 1997 (First published 1830–1833). Classic and standard work
of the nineteenth century arguing that geology is a science that should
only consider naturalistic explanations of geological phenomena.
Malthus, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population, As It
Affects the Future Improvement of Society. With Remarks on the
Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers. London:
J. Johnson, 1798. Classic book on the problem caused by geometric
population increase and arithmetic increase in the availability of food.
Argues that only natural disasters, disease, and war will check the
competition for food and related resources.
McIver, Tom. Anti-Evolution: A Reader’s Guide to Writings before and after
Darwin. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 (originally
published 1988). Lists and describes most of the major works, books,
and pamphlets written in opposition to the theory of evolution since
the 1960s as well as a few important works from the 1920s onward.
Indispensable reference work.
Moran, Jeffrey P. The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002. Very useful introduction to the Scopes
Trial. Has a portion of the transcripts from each day of the trial, a
diverse range of contemporary commentaries on the Trial and the
impact of the theory of evolution on American society, and a selection
of contemporary cartoons.
Numbers, Ronald. Darwinism Comes to America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1998. Excellent analysis of the reception of Darwin’s
ideas and the theory of evolution in the United States. Describes the
different reactions of Christians to Darwinism and explains why there
was such a wide range of attitudes about evolution. Has a useful biographical
appendix of naturalists in the National Academy of Sciences
between 1863 and 1900.
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