
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South
John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Lester D. Stephens
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 07/2003
Pages: 360
Subject: History, Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807861196
DESCRIPTION
Stephens devotes particular attention to the special problems faced by the Charleston naturalists and to the ways in which their religious and racial beliefs interacted with and shaped their scientific pursuits. In the end, he shows, cultural commitments proved stronger than scientific principles. When the South seceded from the Union in 1861, the members of the Charleston circle placed regional patriotism above science and union and supported the Confederate cause. The ensuing war had a devastating impact on the Charleston naturalists--and on science in the South. The Charleston circle never fully recovered from the blow, and a century would elapse before the South took an equal role in the pursuit of mainstream scientific research.
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