Social Darwinism in American Thought - Hardcover

Hofstadter, Richard

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9780807600795: Social Darwinism in American Thought

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807600792 ISBN 13: 9780807600795

Publisher: George Braziller, 1959

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Describes the influence the theories of evolution had on social philosophy and concludes that man's fate in society is not biologically determined

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A book that is in many ways a model of its kind . . . Mr. Hofstadter is compact, lucid, informed, vigorous . . . If you really want to know why and how some of the contradictions in American social thought came into being, Social Darwinism is as excellent a study as you can hope to find. --The New York Times

About the Author:

Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was a Dewitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and author of many books. He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for The Age of Reform and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.

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