Intelligently Designed: How Creationists Built the Campaign Against Evolution

by Edward Caudill

Book Overview

Tracing the growth of creationism in America as a political movement, this book explains why the particularly American phenomenon of anti-evolution has succeeded as a popular belief. Conceptualizing the history of creationism as a strategic public relations campaign, Edward Caudill examines why this movement has captured the imagination of the American public, from the explosive Scopes trial of 1925 to today's heated battles over public school curricula...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252079523
• ISBN13: 9780252079528
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"