Barry Werth Presents His Newest Book>
Broadside Bookshop, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 7pm
Barry Werth , Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America.
In Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth uses Darwinism as a prism for exploring a spectrum of 19th-century institutions and ideas. Following the careers of key thinkers in religion, social reform, literature, and education, the book offers a sparkling and illuminating account of the evolution of Evolution in America. (booksense)… (more)
In Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth uses Darwinism as a prism for exploring a spectrum of 19th-century institutions and ideas. Following the careers of key thinkers in religion, social reform, literature, and education, the book offers a sparkling and illuminating account of the evolution of Evolution in America. (booksense)… (more)
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