Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools
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In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology textbook publishing, education reform in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. He...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:022627344X
ISBN13:9780226273440
Release Date:March 2015
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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