Social Darwinism in American Thought
Douban
ISBN: 9780807055038
author:
Richard Hofstadter
publishing house:
Beacon Press
publication date: 1992
-9
price: USD 28.00
number of pages: 288
Richard Hofstadter
overview
From Publishers Weekly
The much-honored late historian Hofstadter inaugurated the study of social Darwinism in his 1944 Ph.D. thesis, reprinted here with an introduction by noted contemporary historian Foner.
contents
Contents
Author's Note
Introduction
1. The Coming of Darwinism
2. The Vogue of Spencer
3. William Graham Sumner: Social Darwinist
4. Lester Ward: Critic
5. Evolution, Ethics, and Society
6. The Dissenters
7. The Current of Pragmatism
8. Trends in Social Theory, 1890-1915
9. Racism and Imperialism
10. Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
