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In Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post-Civil-War America. Each chapter is dedicated to a crucial intellectual encounter, culminating with an exclusive farewell dinner held in English philosopher Herbert Spencer's honor at the venerable New York restaurant Delmonico's in 1882. In this thought-provoking and nuanced account, Werth firmly situates social Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. Banquet at Delmonico's is social history at its finest.
| Book: | Banquet At Delmonico's: The Gilded Age And The Triumph Of Evolution In America |
| Author: | Barry Werth |
| ISBN: | 0226893847 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226893846 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-04-01 |
| Publisher: | University Of Chicago Press |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Language: | English |
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