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- catalog abstract "Now, with In Search of Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature, providing a fascinating overview of the social sciences in the last one hundred years. What kind of animal is homo sapiens and how did we come to be this way? In this wide ranging history, Carl Degler traces our attempts over the last century to answer these questions. In doing so, he has produced a volume that will fascinate anyone curious about the nature of human beings. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog contributor b3076168.
- catalog coverage "United States.".
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-383) and index.".
- catalog description "Now, with In Search of Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature, providing a fascinating overview of the social sciences in the last one hundred years. What kind of animal is homo sapiens and how did we come to be this way? In this wide ranging history, Carl Degler traces our attempts over the last century to answer these questions. In doing so, he has produced a volume that will fascinate anyone curious about the nature of human beings. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Biology acknowledged: Invoking the Darwinian imperative -- Beyond the Darwinian imperative -- pt. 2. The sovereignty of culture: Laying the foundation -- In the wake of Boas -- Does sex tell us anything? -- Decoupling behavior from nature -- Decoupling intelligence from race -- Why did culture triumph? -- pt. 3. Remembering Darwin: Biology redivivus -- The case of the origin of the incest taboo -- The uses of biology -- Biology and the nature of females -- The uses and misuses of evolutionary theory in social science -- Epilogue: Beyond social science.".
- catalog extent "x, 400 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195063805 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School bak".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2006 C-120".
- catalog subject "304.5 20".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution United States.".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Cultural Evolution United States.".
- catalog subject "Cultural Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics History.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics United States History.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics history.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral United States.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral.".
- catalog subject "HM 106 D318i 1991".
- catalog subject "HM106 .D37 1991".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century United States.".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century United States.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century.".
- catalog subject "Human-animal relationships.".
- catalog subject "Selection, Genetic United States.".
- catalog subject "Selection, Genetic".
- catalog subject "Social Darwinism United States History.".
- catalog subject "Sociobiology History.".
- catalog subject "Sociobiology United States History.".
- catalog subject "Sociobiology history.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Biology acknowledged: Invoking the Darwinian imperative -- Beyond the Darwinian imperative -- pt. 2. The sovereignty of culture: Laying the foundation -- In the wake of Boas -- Does sex tell us anything? -- Decoupling behavior from nature -- Decoupling intelligence from race -- Why did culture triumph? -- pt. 3. Remembering Darwin: Biology redivivus -- The case of the origin of the incest taboo -- The uses of biology -- Biology and the nature of females -- The uses and misuses of evolutionary theory in social science -- Epilogue: Beyond social science.".
- catalog title "In search of human nature : the decline and revival of Darwinism in American social thought / Carl N. Degler.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".