Contents; Introduction; 1. Darwin's Metaphor and His Russian Audience; 2. Malthus, Darwin, and Russian Social Thought; 3. Beketov, Botany, and the Harmony of Nature; 4. Korzhinskii, the Steppe, and the Theory of Heterogenesis; 5. Mechnikov, Darwinism, and the Phagocytic Theory; 6. Kessler and Russia's Mutual Aid Tradition; 7. Kropotkin's Theory of Mutual Aid; 8. Severtsov, Timiriazev, and the Classical Tradition; Conclusion; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index |