xi, 291 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-284) and index

1. The eclipse and its implications : The crisis in Darwinism ; Conceptual issues ; Historical issues ; Religious and philosophical implications -- 2. The defense of Darwinism : The origins of Darwinism and Anti-Darwinism ; The expansion of Darwinism ; Biometry and Neo-Darwinism -- 3. The decline of theistic evolutionism : Order and design ; Variety and design ; Later developments -- 4. Lamarckism : The origins of Lamarckism ; Lamarckism, 1890-1914 ; Postwar Lamarckism -- 5. Anti-Darwinism in France -- 6. The American school : Paleontology and Lamarckism ; Environmental Lamarckism -- 7. Orthogenesis : The origins of orthogenesis ; Orthogenesis and paleontology ; Reactions to orthogenesis -- 8. The mutation theory : Discontinuous evolution and Mendelism ; DeVries and mutations ; The revival of selectionism: conclusions

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