Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era: God, Darwin, and the Roots of America’s Culture Wars

Laats, A.

ISBN 10: 0230623727 / ISBN 13: 9780230623729

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era: God, Darwin, and the Roots of America?s Culture Wars
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230623727
• ISBN 13: 9780230623729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book takes a new look at one of the most contentious periods in American history. The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925 were about much more than evolution. Fundamentalists fought to maintain cultural control of education. As this book reveals for the first time, the successes and the failures of these fundamentalist campaigns transformed both the fundamentalist movement and the nature of education in America. In turn, those transformations determined many of the positions of the "culture wars" that raged throughout the twentieth century.

About the Author

ADAM LAATS is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Teaching of American History at SUNY Binghamton.