Lincoln & Darwin shared visions of race, science, and religion - Lander, James; ebrary, Inc. (Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010)
Origins and education -- Voyages and the experience of slavery -- The racial background, personal encounters, and turning points in 1837 -- Religious reformation -- Career preparations and rivals, 1845-49 -- Mortality, invention, and geology -- Scientific racism -- The types of mankind and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854-55 -- The politics of race -- Campaigning, 1856-58 -- Publications and crocodiles, 1859-60 -- More debates and new reviews -- Designers and inventors -- Inventions for a long war -- The Trent affair : a chemistry problem -- Delegation and control -- The rationality of colonization -- Colonization and emancipation -- Societies -- Mill workers and freedmen -- Testing hopes and hoaxes -- Spiritual forces -- Meeting Agassiz -- The descent of man -- An end to religion -- The dream of equality.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Philosophy; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Religion; Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Philosophy; Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Religion; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Electronic books