Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Idea of Social Darwinism
1. The Scientific Background
2. Hushing Up Death
3. Philanthropic Energy and Philosophic Calm
4. Amending the Faith
5. William Graham Sumner
6. The Survival of the Fittest Is Our Doctrine
7. Neo-Darwinism and the Crisis of the 1890s
8. A Pigeon Fanciers' Polity
9. The Scaffolding of Progress
10. The Nietzsche Vogue
11. Beyond the Battle: The Literary Naturalists
12. Imperialism and the Warriar Critique
Epilogue: From Histrionics to History
Notes
Index