
by LA Dugatkin (Author)
In the years after the Revolutionary War, the fledging republic of America was viewed by many Europeans as a degenerate backwater, populated by subspecies weak and feeble. This book recreates the origin and evolution of the debates about natural history in America.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 24 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0226169146
ISBN 13: 9780226169149