Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

Author:   Smith ,  Beccaloni
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   510
Publication Date:   11 March 2010
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Author:   Smith ,  Beccaloni
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.915kg
ISBN:  

9780199239177


ISBN 10:   0199239177
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   11 March 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: George Beccaloni: Homes Sweet Homes: A Biographical Tour of Wallace's Many Places of Residence Part I In the World of Nature 2: Andrew Berry: ""Ardent Beetle-Hunters"": Natural History, Collecting, and the Theory of Evolution 3: Melinda Bonnie Fagan: Theory and Practice in the Field: Wallace's Work in Natural History (1844-1858) 4: George Beccaloni: Wallace's Annoted Copy of the Darwin-Wallace Paper on Natural Selection 5: James Mallet: Wallace and the Species Concept of the Early Darwinians 6: Norman A. Johnson: Direct Selection for Reproductive Isolation: The Wallace Effect and Reinforcement 7: Tim Caro, Sami Merilaita, Martin Stevens: The Colours of Animals: From Wallace to the Present Day I. Cryptic Coloration 8: Tim Caro, Geoffrey Hill, Leena Lindstrom, Michael Speed: The Colours of Animals: From Wallace to the Present Day II. Conspicuous Coloration 9: Bernard Michaux: Alfred Russel Wallace, Biogeographer 10: Keith Tinkler: Wallace and the Great Ice Age 11: Sandra Knapp: Wallace, Conservation, and Sustainable Developement Part II In the World of Man and Worlds Beyond 12: Peter Raby: The ""Finest Butterfly in the World?"" : Wallace and His Literary Legacy 13: Gregory Claeys: Wallace and Owenism 14: Diane B. Paul: Wallace, Women, and Eugenics 15: David A. Stack: Out of ""the Limbo of 'Unpractical Politics'"": The Origins and Essence of Wallace's Advocacy of Land Nationalization 16: Martin Fichman: Alfred Russel Wallace and Anti-Vaccinationism in the Late Victorian Cultural Context, 1870-1907 17: Steven J. Dick: The Universe and Alfred Russel Wallace 18: Charles H. Smith: Wallace's Unfinished Business 19: James Moore: Wallace in Wonderland 20: Ted Benton: Wallace's Dilemmas: The Laws of Nature and the Human Spirit 21: Charles H. Smith: Wallace, Spiritualism, and Beyond: ""Change"" or ""No Change""?

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Review from previous edition Very readable Jim Endersby, Sunday Telegraph A scholarly compendium of everything one could wish to know about Wallace. Christopher Hudson, Daioy Mail


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Charles H. Smith is Professor of Library Public Information Services at Western Kentucky University. His research interests include biogeography and evolutionary theory, systems theory, bibliography, and Alfred Russel Wallace. He has published four books, nearly a hundred journal articles and reviews, and currently maintains the website The Alfred Russel Wallace Page at http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm His previous book publications are Alfred Russel Wallace: An Anthology of his Shorter Writings; Biodiversity Studies: A Bibliographic Review; Alfred Russel Wallace: Writings on Evolution, 1843-1912; and Alfred Russel Wallace: Evolution of an Evolutionist. George Beccaloni is Curator in the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London. A Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and Royal Entomological Society of London, he also set up set up the A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund. His publications include numerous research articles and the following books (as co-editor): Hostplants of the Moth and Butterfly Caterpillars of the Oriental Region; Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of America north of Mexico; and Host-plants of the Neotropical Butterflies: A Catalogue (forthcoming).

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