Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Politics of Evolution 1
4. 1. Every Cheating Tradesman: The Political Economy of Natural Selection 24
5. 2. A Very Social Darwinist: Herbert Spencer’s Lamarckian Radicalism 66
6. 3. A Liberal Descent: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Ethics 106
7. 4. Liberals and Socialists: The Politics of Evolution in Victorian England 155
8. 5. Malthus or Mutualism? Huxley, Kropotkin, and the Moral Meaning of Darwinism 206
9. 6. Of Mice and Men: Malthus, Weismann, and the Future of Socialism 252
10. 7. Fear of Falling: Evolutionary Degeneration and the Politics of Panmixia 301
11. Conclusion: Political Descent: Anticipations of the Twentieth Century and Beyond 335
12. Afterword: Engaging the Present 352
13. Acknowledgments 355
14. Notes 359
15. Bibliography 401
16. Index 425