Carl Neumann Degler

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Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States

( Carl Degler’s 1971 Pulitzer-Prize-winning study of comp...)

Age of the Economic Revolution, 1876-1900 (The Scott Foresman American history series)

(The age of the economic revolution.)

PIVOTAL INTERPRETATIONS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.Volume II

The Age of the Economic Revolution 1876-1900

(This book deals with the closing decades of the nineteent...)

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought IN SEARCH OF HUMAN NATURE: THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF DARWINISM IN AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT By Degler, Carl N. ( Author )Nov-05-1992 Paperback By Degler, Carl N

Neither Black Nor White-Slavery And Race Relations In Brazil And The USA

The other South: Southern dissenters in the nineteenth century by Degler, Carl N (1974) Hardcover

(In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought) Author: Carl N Degler published on (November, 1992)

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought Hardcover - April 18, 1991

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by Degler, Carl N. (1991) Hardcover

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought Paperback - November 5, 1992

The other South: Southern dissenters in the nineteenth century

( "This product of meticulous attention to historical det...)

"This product of meticulous attention to historical detail plus a grasp of American history that enables the author to discern patterns from a mass of information . . . should permanently destroy the notion of the South as a 19th-century monolith."--Journal of American History "An important and insightful book on a neglected subject in American political and social history. It adds not only to our understanding of ‘the other South,’ but also contributes to our awareness of the other America which the 19th-century South represented."--Political Science Quarterly Carl Degler argues that if one is to understand who southerners were and are today, southern dissent of the 19th century must be understood and appreciated, since those years shaped southern ideas, customs, and values. The Other South highlights white men and women of the 19th century who challenged the domination of slavery in the region, objected to the disruption of the American Union, strove to change the politics and economy of the South during Reconstruction, and worked to displace the dominant Democratic party with the Populist party. While earlier studies suggest the presence of individual southern dissenters, Degler’s work broadens the story to include a large number of hitherto unknown individuals and to illustrate not only the variety and complexity of southern dissent but also the broad patterns of dissent across the whole century. By linking and comparing these dissenting groups, Degler reveals underlying and important convictions among southern dissenters as well as the conflicts that beset white southerners who felt compelled to resist or deny the views of the majority. Drawing on extensive historical literature and a wealth of manuscript material, Degler shows the diversity of southern experience in the 19th century and explores who the dissenters were. He examines the grounds for their opposition and points to patterns of opinion far different from the long-held image of a monolithic Old South. Carl N. Degler is Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, emeritus, at Stanford University and past president of the Southern Historical Association and the American Historical Association. His publications include Place Over Time: The Continuity of Southern Distinctiveness and Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States.

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought

(Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1972, and a pa...)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1972, and a past president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association, Carl Degler is one of America's most eminent living historians. He is also one of the most versatile. In a forty year career, he has written brilliantly on race (Neither Black Nor White, which won the Pulitzer Prize), women's studies (At Odds, which Betty Friedan called "a stunning book"), Southern history, the New Deal, and many other subjects. Now, in The Search for Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature, providing a fascinating overview of the social sciences in the last one hundred years. The idea of a biological root to human nature was almost universally accepted at the turn of the century, Degler points out, then all but vanished from social thought only to reappear in the last four decades. Degler traces the early history of this idea, from Darwin's argument that human nature, our moral and emotional life, evolved from animals just as our human shape did, to William James's emphasis on instinct in human behavior (then seen as a fundamental insight of psychology). We also see the many applications of biology, from racism, sexism, and Social Darwinism to the rise of Intelligence Testing, the Eugenics movement, and the practice of involuntary sterilization of criminals (a public policy pioneered in America, which had sterilization laws 25 years before Nazi Germany--one such law was upheld by Oliver Wendell Holmes's Supreme Court). Degler then examines the work of those who denied any role for biology, who thought culture shaped human nature, a group ranging from Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead, to John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner. Equally important, he examines the forces behind this fundamental shift in a scientific paradigm, arguing that ideological reasons--especially the struggle against racism and sexism in America--led to this change in scientific thinking. Finally, Degler considers the revival of Darwinism, led first by ethologists such as Karl von Frisch, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Konrad Lorenz, and Jane Goodall--who revealed clear parallels between animal and human behavior--and followed in varying degrees by such figures as Melvin Konner, Alice Rossi, Jerome Kagen, and Edward O. Wilson as well as others in anthropology, political science, and economics. What kind of animal is Homo sapiens and how did we come to be this way? In this wide ranging history, Carl Degler traces our attempts over the last century to answer these questions. In doing so, he has produced a volume that will fascinate anyone curious about the nature of human beings.

Pivotal Interpretations of American History Vol. 1

Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the U.S.: 1st (First) Edition

Pivotal interpretations of American history: Edited by Carl N. Degler (Academy library)

Pivotal Interpretations Of American History Volume I

Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States 1st edition by Degler, Carl (1986) Paperback

The Other South: Southern Dissenters in the Nineteenth Century
Pivotal Interpretations of American History, Volume 1
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present AT ODDS: WOMEN AND THE FAMILY IN AMERICA FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT By Degler, Carl N. ( Author )May-14-1981 Paperback By Degler, Carl N. ( Author ) Paperback 1981
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1972, and a pa...)
The Age of the Economic Revolution 1876/1900 (This book, which deals with the closing decades of the ni...)
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present (Galaxy Books) by Carl N. Degler (1981-05-14)
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present (Pulitzer prizewinner Carl Degler has written the first ge...)
Place Over Time: The Continuity of Southern Distinctivenes (Nearly twenty years after its original publication, Place...)
Place over Time: The Continuity of Southern Distinctiveness (The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History) (Nearly twenty years after its original publication, Place...)
Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States by Carl N. Degler (1971-04-01)
Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States by Carl Degler (1986-05-15)
By Carl N. Degler - At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present: 1st (first) Edition
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by Carl N. Degler (1992-11-05)
At Odds: Women and the Family in America from the Revolution to the Present (Galaxy Books) by Degler, Carl N.(May 14, 1981) Paperback

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Born

February 6, 1921

Orange, New Jersey, United States
Died

September 26, 1998 (aged 77)
Nationality
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Education

1942

Upsala College , Bachelor of Arts
1969

Upsala College , Doctor of Humane Letters
1947

Columbia , Master of Arts
1952

Columbia , Doctor of Philosophy
1973

Oxford University , Master of Arts
1976

Ripon College , Doctor of Law
1978

Colgate University , Doctor of Law

Awards

Recipient Ralph Walde Emerson prize Phi Beta Kappa, 1991. American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1964-1965. Guggenheim fellow, 1972-1973. National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1976-1977, 83-84. Named Outstanding scholar LaGuardia Archives, 1991.

Recipient Ralph Walde Emerson prize Phi Beta Kappa, 1991. American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1964-1965. Guggenheim fellow, 1972-1973.

National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1976-1977, 83-84. Named Outstanding scholar LaGuardia Archives, 1991.

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Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States

Age of the Economic Revolution, 1876-1900 (The Scott Foresman American history series)

PIVOTAL INTERPRETATIONS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.Volume II

The Age of the Economic Revolution 1876-1900

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought IN SEARCH OF HUMAN NATURE: THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF DARWINISM IN AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT By Degler, Carl N. ( Author )Nov-05-1992 Paperback By Degler, Carl N

Neither Black Nor White-Slavery And Race Relations In Brazil And The USA

The other South: Southern dissenters in the nineteenth century by Degler, Carl N (1974) Hardcover

(In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought) Author: Carl N Degler published on (November, 1992)

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought Hardcover - April 18, 1991

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by Degler, Carl N. (1991) Hardcover

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought Paperback - November 5, 1992

The other South: Southern dissenters in the nineteenth century

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought

Pivotal Interpretations of American History Vol. 1

Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the U.S.: 1st (First) Edition

Pivotal interpretations of American history: Edited by Carl N. Degler (Academy library)

Pivotal Interpretations Of American History Volume I

Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States 1st edition by Degler, Carl (1986) Paperback

Carl Neumann Degler

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