5. Evolution as World View

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Progress and Culture 19
6. 2. The Birth of Evolutionism 42
7. 3. The Nineteenth Century: From Cuvier to Owen 84
8. 4. Charles Darwin and Progress 136
9. 5. Evolution as World View 178
10. 6. The Professional Biologist 205
11. 7. Evolution Travels West 244
12. 8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics 285
13. 9. Discipline Building in Britain 321
14. 10. The Genetics of Populations 362
15. 11. The Synthesis 410
16. 12. Professional Evolutionism 456
17. 13. Contemporary Debates 485
18. 14. Conclusion 526
19. Notes 541
20. Bibliography 549
21. Credits 597
22. Index 601