Red dynamite : creationism, culture wars, and anticommunism in America /

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"Red Dynamite examines how opponents of teaching evolutionary science in the United States over the course of the twentieth century used anticommunist politics to demonize Darwinism"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weinberg, Carl R., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Religion and American public life (Cornell University Press)
Subjects:
1900-2099
Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 21st century.
Evolution (Biology) > Study and teaching > Political aspects > United States.
Evolution (Biology) > Political aspects > United States.
Anticommunisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Anticommunisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-communism & Socialism.
Religion / History.
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution.
Anti-communist movements
United States
evolutionary thinking, George McCready Price, Marxism, Darwinsim,.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: belaboring Scopes
  • Lighting the Darwin fuse
  • The lamb-dragon and the devil's poison
  • Blood relationship, Bolshevism, and whoopie parties
  • The wolf pack and the upas Tree
  • Beast ancestry, dangerous triplets, and damnable heresies
  • Flood, fruit, and Satan
  • Trees, knees, and nurseries
  • The nightcrawler, the wedge, and the bloodiest religion
  • Epilogue: the baby Christian and the dark place.

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