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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226744108
ISBN-13
9780226744100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1716555

Product Key Features

Book Title
Victorian Sensation : The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Number of Pages
624 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, History
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
James A. Secord
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
34.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
00-009124
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
576.8/0941/09034
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue: Devils or Angels Part One: Romances of Creation 1. A Great Sensation 2. Steam Reading 3. Evolution for the People 4. Marketing Speculation Part Two: Geographies of Reading 5. Conversations on Creation 6. Science in the City 7. Church in Danger 8. The Holy War Part Three: Spiritual Journeys 9. Sinners and Saints 10. Self-Development 11. Anonymity Part Four: Futures of Science 12. The Paradoxes of Gentility 13. Grub Street Science 14. Mammon and the New Reformation Epilogue: Lifting the Veil References Illustration Credits Index
Synopsis
Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When V estiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. More than a hundred thousand readers were spellbound by its startling vision--an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. As gripping as a popular novel, Vestiges combined all the current scientific theories in fields ranging from astronomy and geology to psychology and economics. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began. In a pioneering cultural history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how Vestiges was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for forty years. He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print. Beautifully written and based on painstaking research, Victorian Sensation offers a new approach to literary history, the history of reading, and the history of science. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating stories, it is the most comprehensive account of the making and reception of a book (other than the Bible) ever attempted. Winner of the 2002 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
LC Classification Number
QH363.S4 2000

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