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Barry Werth - Banquet at Delmonico's, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Banquet at Delmonico's

The Gilded Age and the Triumph of Evolution in America

Av Barry Werth

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In "Banquet at Delmonico's", Barry Werth draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. Each chapter is dedicated to a crucial intellectual encounter, culminating with an exclusive farewell dinner held in English philosopher Herbert Spencer's honor at the venerable New York restaurant Delmonico's in 1882. In this thought-provoking and nuanced account, Werth firmly situates Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. "Banquet at Delmonico's" is social history at its finest.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-04-01
  • Mått: 15 x 23 x 2 mm
  • Vikt: 595 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 400
  • Förlag: The University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN: 9780226893846
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Barry Werth is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and GQ. He is the author of several books, including The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal and 31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today.

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"Readers who want an engaging story... will find Banquet at Delmonico's to be a literary treat." (Boston Globe) "On one level, the book is a study of how ideas are understood, reworked, mangled and applied to society: Banquet at Delmonico's is like a racier version of The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand's worthy study of the origins of pragmatism. But... Werth also offers a portrait of how ideas can be transformed if their originators vacate the public sphere." (Nation) "Histories of ideas are rarely page-turners, but Werth has done the trick." (Kirkus, starred review) "A beautifully written classic of non-fiction narrative." (Nature) "What Werth has done, cleverly, in addition to drawing Spencer out from behind Darwin's shadow... is to create a narrative double helix of his own." (Los Angeles Times) "A surprisingly suspenseful and fast-paced story.... Banquet at Delmonico's crackles with energy and wit.... Werth is a gifted writer, and his subject is especially important in our current economic crisis." (New York Times Book Review)"

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