Radical by Nature
The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
1st Edition
Published on 21. March 2023
552 pages
978-0-691-23378-9 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
36 color + 62 b/w illus. 3 maps.
37 color + 61 b/w illus. + 3 maps. Color insert.
ISBN-13
978-0-691-23378-9 (9780691233789)
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Person
James T. Costa is professor of biology and executive director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin's Backyard; The Annotated "Origin"; Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species; Darwin and the Art of Botany (with Bobbi Angell); and (with Elizabeth E. Yale) The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin's Classic Work (Princeton).He is a recipient of the Alfred Russel Wallace Medal and other honors.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- 1. A Happy but Downwardly Mobile Family
- 2. Taking Measure in the Borderlands
- 3. Beetling and Big Questions
- 4. Paradise Gained . . .
- 5. . . . and Paradise Lost
- 6. Down but Not Out
- 7. Sarawak and the Law
- 8. Crossing the Line(s)
- 9. Eureka: Wallace Triumphant
- 10. Island Hopper
- Color Plates
- 11. First Darwinian
- 12. A Tale of Two Wallaces?
- 13. A Socially Engaged Scientist
- 14. Onward and Upward
- Coda
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Figure Credits
- Index
