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An interesting period piece, because this is the textbook that Scopes, in the Scopes trial, was teaching in high school when he was charged with a crime.
Hunter's book is full of scientific justifications for racism and the elimination of inferior physical specimens - quite ironic.
Contents
SOME REASONS FOR THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY | 15 |
THE ENVIRONMENT OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS | 19 |
THE INTERRELATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS | 28 |
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| Title | A Civic Biology: Presented in Problems |
| Author | George William Hunter |
| Publisher | American Book Company, 1914 |
| Length | 432 pages |
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