| Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era: God, Darwin, and the Roots of America's Culture Wars 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Laats, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230623727 ISBN-13: 9780230623729 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Study & Teaching - Religion | Fundamentalism - Education | History |
| Dewey: 576.807 |
| LCCN: 2010294932 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes a new look at one of the most contentious periods in American history. The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925 were about much more than evolution. Fundamentalists fought to maintain cultural control of education. As this book reveals for the first time, the successes and the failures of these fundamentalist campaigns transformed both the fundamentalist movement and the nature of education in America. In turn, those transformations determined many of the positions of the "culture wars" that raged throughout the twentieth century. |