Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America

Progressive nineteenth-century Americans believed firmly that human perfection could be achieved with the aid of modern science. To many, the science of that turbulent age appeared to offer bright new answers to life's age-old questions. Such a climate, not surprisingly, fostered the growth of what we now view as "pseudo-sciences""-disciplines delicately balancing a dubious inductive methodology with moral and spiritual concerns, disseminated with a combination of aggressive entrepreneurship and

Author: Arthur Wrobel
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780813155449

About the Author

Arthur Wrobel is associate professor of American literature at the University of Kentucky and the editor of American Notes and Queries.

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