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Features the history of biology textbook publishing, education reforms in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. This volume sheds light on the trial and the historical relationship of science and religion in America. It explores how the textbook industry created fresh books and presented them as "responses" to the trial.

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"A masterful reevaluation of the infamous 'Monkey Trial' of 1925.... Engagingly written.... Beyond its important insights into how issues in the textbook industry and matters of curriculum policy shaped the Scopes trial, Trying Biology offers an oft-needed reminder of the need to interrogate critically the claims of historical actors." (History of Education Quarterly)

Trying Biology

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/2/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226273440, 978-0226273440
      ISBN10: 022627344X
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      Book Synopsis
      Features the history of biology textbook publishing, education reforms in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. This volume sheds light on the trial and the historical relationship of science and religion in America. It explores how the textbook industry created fresh books and presented them as "responses" to the trial.

      Trade Review
      "A masterful reevaluation of the infamous 'Monkey Trial' of 1925.... Engagingly written.... Beyond its important insights into how issues in the textbook industry and matters of curriculum policy shaped the Scopes trial, Trying Biology offers an oft-needed reminder of the need to interrogate critically the claims of historical actors." (History of Education Quarterly)

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