Darwin and women : a selection of letters / by Samantha Evans ; foreword by Dame Gillian Beer.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Correspondence. Selections
Main Author: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 (Author)
Other Authors: Evans, Samantha, 1966- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > Correspondence.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Naturalists > England > Correspondence.
Women.
Naturalists.
England.
Records and correspondence.
Genre:
Correspondence.
Records and correspondence.
Physical Description:xxviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword / by Dame Gillian Beer
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Symbols, abbreviations, and conventions
  • 1. Friends
  • 2. Marriage
  • 3. Children / by Dr. Charissa Varma
  • 4. Scientific wives and allies
  • 5. Observing plants
  • 6. Companion animals
  • 7. Insects and angels
  • 8. Observing humans
  • 9. Editors
  • 10. Writers and critics
  • 11. Religion / by Dr. Paul White
  • 12. Travellers
  • 13. Servants and governesses
  • 14. Ascent of woman
  • List of letters and provenances
  • Biographical notes
  • Bibliography and further reading
  • Index.