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Secord Controversy in Victorian Geology
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The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute
E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5466-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Secord gives a dazzlingly detailed account of this scientific trench warfare and its social consequences. One ends up with a marvellous feeling for the major taxonomic enterprises in Darwin's younger day: mapping, ordering, conquering 'taming the chaos" of the strata. All of these of course had social and imperial ramifications; and Secord mentions geology's moral appeal (in supporting a divinely-stratified Creation) to a beleaguered elite intent on subduing the lower orders.
Originally published in 1986.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Illustrations, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xv
Manuscript Sources, pg. xix
Introduction, pg. 1
CHAPTER ONE. Controversy and Classification, pg. 14
CHAPTER TWO. Collaboration and Contrasts, pg. 39
CHAPTER THREE. Cambria and Siluria Established, pg. 69
CHAPTER FOUR. The Spread of Siluria, pg. 110
CHAPTER FIVE. Restructuring Wales, pg. 144
CHAPTER SIX. Revivals of the Cambrian, pg. 173
CHAPTER SEVEN. Professional Geology and the Quest for Priority, pg. 202
CHAPTER EIGHT. The Battle of May Hill, pg. 242
CHAPTER NINE. The Creation of an Alternative, pg. 276
Conclusion, pg. 312
Abbreviations, pg. 319
Bibliography, pg. 321
Index, pg. 349




