Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82)
DOI
10.4324/9780415249126-Q022-1
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-Q022-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
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List of works
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Darwin, C. (1845) Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, London: John Murray. (A semi-popular account of the voyage, frequently reprinted.) |
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Darwin, C. (1859) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, London: John Murray. (Darwin’s main work on evolution; the much-revised sixth edition of 1872 is the one most frequently reprinted.) |
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Darwin, C. (1871) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, London: John Murray, 2 vols; repr. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981. (Darwin’s main work on human origins, with a long account of sexual selection and an attempt to apply that theory to explain human characteristics.) |
References and further reading
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Bowler, P. (1984) Evolution: The History of an Idea, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press; revised edn 1989. (General survey of the history of evolutionism, with extensive bibliography.) |
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Bowler, P (1988) The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (A reassessment of Darwin’s impact on nineteenth-century thought.) |
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Bowler, P (1990) Charles Darwin: The Man and his Influence, Oxford: Blackwell. (Biography and assessment of Darwin’s influence.) |
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Desmond, A. and Moore, J. (1991) Darwin, London: Micheal Joseph. (Massive biography stressing the social context of Darwin’s thought.) |
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Ghiselin, M. (1969) The Triumph of the Darwinian Method, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Detailed account of Darwin’s scientific work.) |
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Kohn, D. (1985) The Darwinian Heritage, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Major compilation of Darwin scholarship.) |
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Richards, R. (1987) Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (The evolution of mental powers according to Darwin and later writers.) |
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Young, R. (1985) Darwin’s Metaphor: Nature’s Place in Victorian Culture, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Essays on the social context of Darwinism.) |
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