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Tables of Contents for The Development of Darwin's Theory
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on manuscript citations
Introduction: Darwin and his fellow naturalists
1. Darwin and the biology of the 1830s: some parallels
2. Darwin before Malthus
3. Natural selection and perfect adaptation, 1838-1844
4. Part II of Darwin's work on species
5. Natural history after Cuvier: the branching conception of nature
6. Darwin and the branching conception
7. Classification and the 'principle of divergence'
8. The principle of divergence and the transformation of Darwin's theory
9. Natural selection and 'natural improvement'
Conclusion: the development of Darwin's theory as a social progress
Notes
Bibliography
Index.