The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 17, 1869 / Edition 1

by Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, James Secord, The Editors of the Darwin Correspondence Project

Overview

Over 850 letters between Darwin and worldwide correspondents, as he gathered information on human origins and the expression of emotion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521190305
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/09/2009
Series:	The Correspondence of Charles Darwin , #17
Pages:	822
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Frederick Burkhardt (1912–2007) was the founder of the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project, and the associated high profile book series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press, 1985–the present). He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies from 1957 to 1974, and in 2003 was awarded the American Philosophical Society Thomas Jefferson Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences.

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Frederick Henry Burkhardt (1912–2007); List of letters; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of provenances; Note on editorial policy; Darwin/Wedgewood genealogy; Abbreviations and symbols; THE CORRESPONDENCE, 1869; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

From reviews of earlier volumes: 'Nothing in recent history of science quite tops the achievement of the volumes of Darwin correspondence. It is our own Human Genome Project.' Annals of Science

'Readers of earlier volumes will probably already be addicted, since no aspect of Darwin's life, work, or writing, is ever dull.' Human Genetics

'… a superb series … beautifully produced, beautifully readable, efficiently indexed, supportively but not gossipily annotated.' The Times Literary Supplement

'Every now and then … publishing and academe work together to produce books so splendid that it seems ungrateful not to acquire them: this promises to be another such.' The Guardian

'… this authoritative work is a model of scholarship in both its comprehensiveness and supporting documentation which provides a rich source of background, biographical and bibliographical detail.' The Naturalist

'These volumes are indeed treasures of high scholarship … every real science library needs this series.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution

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