Author:
Moran, Jeffrey P.
Imprint:Boston, MA : Palgrave, c2002.
Descriptionx, 230 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note:PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE SCOPES TRIAL AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN AMERICA: -- Evolution before the 1920s -- The struggle against "modernity" and modernism -- William Jennings Bryan and the antievolution argument -- The Butler Bill and the fight for the public schools -- Making a test case -- Opening day: the attorneys and their strategies -- Days two through four: religious freedom vs. legislative authority -- Days five and six: experts and outsiders -- And on the seventh day, Bryan took the stand -- Aftermath: from Scopes to creationism -- South vs. North or country vs. cicty? region and ruralism in the antievolution conflict -- The role of the schools: academic freedom vs. majority rule -- Race and evolution -- Women and gender in the Scopes trial -- PART TWO. THE SCOPES TRIAL DAY BY DAY: TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENTARY: -- 1. Frist day's proceedings: Friday, July 10, 1925 -- 2. Second day's proceedings: Monday, July 13, 1925 -- 3. Third day's proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 1925 -- 4. Fourth day's proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 1925 -- 5. Fifth day's proceedings: Thursday, July 16, 1925 -- 6. Sixth day's proceedidngs: Friday, July 17, 1925 -- 7. Seventh day's proceedings: Monday, July 20, 1925 -- 8. Eighth day's proceedings: Tuesday, July 21, 1925 -- PART THREE. THE SCOPES TRIAL AND THE CULTURE OF THE 1920S: THE DOCUMENTS: -- 1. Cartoonists draw the Scopes trial -- 2. Race and the Scopes trial -- 3. Educational freedom and the Scopes trial -- 4. The Scopes trial and the "new woman" -- 5. Religious alternatives in the 1920s -- 6. An invasion of "outsiders"? -- APPENDIXES: A chronology of events related to the Scopes trial (1859-1999)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references, "Selected bibliography" (p. 220-221), and index.
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