Summer for the Gods : The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

• Autore: Larson Edward J (Edward John)
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Basic Books, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.73077; 345.73/0288
• Soggetto topico: Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching -- Law and legislation -- United States; Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc; Evolution (Biology) - Law and legislation - Study and teaching - United States; Law - U.S; Law, Politics & Government; Law - U.S. - General
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Before . . .; 1 Digging Up Controversy; 2 Government by the People; 3 In Defense of Individual Liberty; Part II . . . During . . .; 4 Choosing Sides; 5 Jockeying for Position; 6 Preliminary Rounds; 7 The Trial of the Century; Part III . . . And After; 8 The End of an Era; 9 Retelling the Tale; 10 Distant Echoes; Afterword; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Reissued with a new preface: the Pulitzer Prize-winning book that is ?quite simply the best book ever written on the Scopes Trial and its place in American history and myth."
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): SUMMER FOR THE GODS: THE SCOPES TRIAL & AMERICA'S CONTINUING DEBATE OVER SCIENCE AND RELIGION; SUMMER FOR THE GODS
• Titolo autorizzato: Summer for the Gods
• ISBN: 1-5416-4602-9; 1-281-60535-2; 9786613786043; 0-7867-2193-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247852203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: ATLA Special Series