Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom /
Haught, Brandon.
Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies 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 9780813050409
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
Electronic Books.
QH362 / .G656 2014
Going ape : Florida's battles over evolution in the classroom / Brandon Haught. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies 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 9780813050409
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
Electronic Books.
QH362 / .G656 2014