Before Scopes: Evangelicalism, Education, and Evolution in Tennessee, 1870?1925

Author/Contributor(s):	Israel, Charles A
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	12/01/2004
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The 1925 Tennessee v. John Scopes case--the Scopes Monkey Trial--is one of America's most famous courtroom battles. Until now, however, no one has considered at length why the sensational, divisive trial of a public high school science teacher indicted for teaching evolution took place where, and when, it did.