Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom /

Haught, Brandon.

Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Between the devil and the deep blue sea" -- "Un-American, atheistic, subversive, and communistic" -- "A spirit of compromise and conciliation" -- "A history of hoaxes, deception, and deceit" -- "A conspiracy to destroy the faith of children" -- "It was historic, wasn't it?" -- "One of the primal evils in our country" -- "There are razor blades in that apple" -- "I want God to be part of this" -- "Who gets to decide what is science?" -- "Standing up for the little guy."

In this book, Haught chronicles the war over teaching evolution in Florida's schools, from the first shouts of religious persecution and child endangerment in Tallahassee in 1923 to the forced delays and extra public hearings in state-level textbook adoptions today.

9780813048772 (electronic bk.) 081304877X (electronic bk.) 130656364X (ebk) 9781306563642 (ebk) 9780813050409 0813050405

40023580652 0023580652

587615 MIL 22573/ctvx0bx8n JSTOR


Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching--Florida.
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Creationism.
Religion and state.
Religion and science.
Evolution (Biology)
Teaching.
Schools.
Biological Evolution
Teaching
Religion and Science
Schools
Créationnisme.
Religion et État.
Religion et sciences.
Évolution (Biologie)
Enseignement.
Écoles.
creationism (religious ideology)
evolution.
teaching.
schools (institutions)
schools (buildings)
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Evolution.
SCIENCE--History.
Creationism.
Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching.
Religion and science.
Religion and state.


Florida
Florida.


Electronic books.

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2014 G-168 QH 362

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