Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880-1900

by George Cotkin

Book Overview

In Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880D1900, George Cotkin surveys the intellectual life of this crucial transitional period. His story begins with the Darwinian controversies, since the mainstream of American culture was just beginning to come to grips with the implications of the Origins of Species. Cotkin demonstrates the effects of this shift in thinking on philosophy, anthropology, and the newly developing field of psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805790594
• ISBN13: 9780805790597
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.