Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught.

By:

Haught, Brandon

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813048772
081304877X
130656364X
9781306563642
9780813050409
0813050405

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Going apeDDC classification:

576.8 23

LOC classification:

QH362 .H38 2014eb

NLM classification:

2014 G-168
QH 362

Online resources:

Contents:

"Between the devil and the deep blue sea" -- "Un-American, atheistic, subversive, and communistic" -- "A spirit of compromise and conciliation" -- "A history of hoaxes, deception, and deceit" -- "A conspiracy to destroy the faith of children" -- "It was historic, wasn't it?" -- "One of the primal evils in our country" -- "There are razor blades in that apple" -- "I want God to be part of this" -- "Who gets to decide what is science?" -- "Standing up for the little guy."

Scope and content: In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today.

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In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today.