Darwin and the Memory of the Human

Description:

In this original and wide-ranging study, Cannon Schmitt shows how Darwin and other Victorian naturalists transformed encounters with South America and its indigenous peoples into influential accounts of biological and historical change.

subjects: Wallace, alfred russel, 1823-1913,  Kingsley, charles, 1819-1875,  Hudson, w. h. (william henry), 1841-1922,  South america, description and travel,  Nature in literature,  Human evolution,  English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Human evolution in literature,  Philosophy,  Travel,  English literature,  History and criticism,  South america, biography