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Author: Edward J. Larson
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ISBN: 0465075096

Summer For The Gods: The Scopes Trial And America's Continuing Debate Over Science And Religion

In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the unlikely setting of one of our century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial and the debate over science, religion, and their place in public education. Download Summer For The Gods: The Scopes Trial And America's Continuing Debate Over Science And Religion from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. This "trial of the century" not only cast Dayton into the national spotlight, it epitomized America's ongoing struggle between individual liberty and majoritarian democracy.Now, with this authoritative and engaging book, Edward J. Larson examines the many facets of the Scopes trial and shows how its enduring legacy has crossed religious, cultural, educational, and political lines.The "Monkey Trial," as it was playfully nicknamed, was instigated by the American Civil Liberties Union to challenge a cont Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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