Social Darwinism in American Thought
Douban
ISBN: 9780807055038
autor:
Richard Hofstadter
editorial:
Beacon Press
fecha de publicación: 1992
-9
precio: USD 28.00
número de páginas: 288
Richard Hofstadter
sinopsis
From Publishers Weekly
The much-honored late historian Hofstadter inaugurated the study of social Darwinism in his 1944 Ph.D. thesis, reprinted here with an introduction by noted contemporary historian Foner.
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Contents
Author's Note
Introduction
1. The Coming of Darwinism
2. The Vogue of Spencer
3. William Graham Sumner: Social Darwinist
4. Lester Ward: Critic
5. Evolution, Ethics, and Society
6. The Dissenters
7. The Current of Pragmatism
8. Trends in Social Theory, 1890-1915
9. Racism and Imperialism
10. Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
