The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe

Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1 All in all, Engels and Glick's volumes are important additions to our study of Darwin's reception'

Eve-Marie Engels is Professor of Ethics in the Life Sciences at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Thomas F. Glick is Professor of History at Boston University, USA.

Volume 1; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Time Line: European Reception of Charles Darwin; Editors' Introduction; Part I: The Darwinian Revolution in Britain; 1.Darwin's Philosophical Revolution: Evolutionary Naturalism and First Reactions to his Theory, Eve-Marie Engels (University of Tubingen); 2. Correspondence as a Medium of Reception and Appropriation, Paul White (University of Cambridge); 3. Nation and Religion, The Debate about Darwinism in Ireland: Greta Jones (University of Ulster); Part II: Northwest Europe; 4. Under Darwin's Banner: Ernst Haeckel, Carl Gegenbaur and Evolutionary Morphology, Mario A. Di Gregorio (University of L'Aquila); 5. Only 'Dreams from an Afternoon Nap'? Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the Foundation of Biological Anthropology in Germany 1860-1875, Dirk Backenkohler (University of Tubingen); 6. Darwin's Relevance for Nineteenth-Century Physics and Physicists: A Comparative Study, Helmut Pulte (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum); 7. Darwinism in Finland, Anto Leikola (University of Helsinki); 8. Darwinizing the Danes, 1859-1909: Peter C. Kjaergaard (University of Aarhus), Niels Henrik Gregersen (University of Copenhagen) and Hans Henrik Hjermitslev (University of Aarhus); 9. The Introduction, Interpretation and Dissemination of Darwinism in Norway during the period 1860-1890, Thore Lie (Gyldendal Academic Press); 10. Darwin on Dutch Soil: The Early Reception of his Ideas in the Netherlands, Bart Leeuwenburgh (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and Janneke van der Heide (University of Amsterdam); 11. 'Foggy and Contradictory': Evolutionary Theory in Belgium, 1859-1945, Raf de Bont (University of Leuven); Part III: Central Europe; 12. Between Science and Politics: The Reception of Darwin and Darwinism in Bohemia and Moravia, 1859-1959, Tomas Hermann and Michal Simunek (Charles-University Prague); 13. Descent versus Extinction: The Reception of Darwinism in Estonia, Ken Kalling (University of Tartu) and Erki Tammiksaar (Centre for Science Studies, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu); 14. The Ideas of Charles Darwin in Lithuania: Contributions by Emigrant Authors during the Years of Occupation, Vincas Buda and Alina Irena Sveistyte (Vilnius University); 15. Struggle for or against Participation? How Darwinism came to Partitioned Poland in the 1860s and early 1870s, Daniel Schumann (University of Bamberg); 16. Darwin's Image in Mendel's Brno: Vitezslav Orel (Mendel Museum, Brno) and Margaret H. Peaslee (University of Pittsburgh); Bibliography (Volume 1); Volume 2: The Twentieth Century; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Editors' Introduction; Part IV: Southern Europe; 17.The Interminable Decline of Lamarckism in France, Patrick Tort (Institut Charles Darwin International); 18. Darwin in a French Dress: Translating, Publishing and Supporting Darwin in Nineteenth-Century France, Joy Harvey (Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge); 19. Many Darwinisms by Many Names: Darwinism and Nature in the Kingdoms of Italy, Rainer Bromer (Mainz, Germany); 20. Darwinism and Paleontology: Reception and Diffusion of the Theory of Evolution in Spain: Francisco Pelayo (Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid); 21. Darwin in Catalunya: From Catholic Intransigence to the Marketing of Darwin's Image, Agusti Camos (Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona); 22.Darwin and the Vatican. The Reception of Evolutionary Theories, Mariano Artigas (University of Navarra), Thomas F. Glick (Boston University), and Rafael Martinez (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross); Part V: Southeastern Europe; 23. The Scientific Reception of Darwin's Work in Nineteenth-Century Hungary: Sandor Soos (Collegium Budapest); 24. The Reception of Darwin in Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Society, Katalin Mund (Eotvos University); 25. Notes on Reception of Darwin&a