Charles Darwin is a crucial figure in nineteenth-century science. This title covers Darwin's reception across Europe and his influence on European science and culture. It conveys the many-sidedness of Darwin's reception and exhibits his far-reaching impact on our self-understanding as human beings.

Volume 1; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Time Line: European Reception of Charles Darwin; Editors' Introduction; Part I: The Darwinian Revolution in Britain; 1.Darwin's Philosophical Revolution: Evolutionary Naturalism and First Reactions to his Theory, Eve-Marie Engels (University of Tubingen); 2. Correspondence as a Medium of Reception and Appropriation, Paul White (University of Cambridge); 3. Nation and Religion, The Debate about Darwinism in Ireland: Greta Jones (University of Ulster); Part II: Northwest Europe; 4. Under Darwin's Banner: Ernst Haeckel, Carl Gegenbaur and Evolutionary Morphology, Mario A. Di Gregorio (University of L'Aquila); 5. Only 'Dreams from an Afternoon Nap'? Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the Foundation of Biological Anthropology in Germany 1860-1875, Dirk Backenkohler (University of Tubingen); 6. Darwin's Relevance for Nineteenth-Century Physics and Physicists: A Comparative Study, Helmut Pulte (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum); 7. Darwinism in Finland, Anto Leikola (University of Helsinki); 8. Darwinizing the Danes, 1859-1909: Peter C. Kjaergaard (University of Aarhus), Niels Henrik Gregersen (University of Copenhagen) and Hans Henrik Hjermitslev (University of Aarhus); 9. The Introduction, Interpretation and Dissemination of Darwinism in Norway during the period 1860-1890, Thore Lie (Gyldendal Academic Press); 10. Darwin on Dutch Soil: The Early Reception of his Ideas in the Netherlands, Bart Leeuwenburgh (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and Janneke van der Heide (University of Amsterdam); 11. 'Foggy and Contradictory': Evolutionary Theory in Belgium, 1859-1945, Raf de Bont (University of Leuven); Part III: Central Europe; 12. Between Science and Politics: The Reception of Darwin and Darwinism in Bohemia and Moravia, 1859-1959, Tomas Hermann and Michal Simunek (Charles-University Prague); 13. Descent versus Extinction: The Reception of Darwinism in Estonia, Ken Kalling (University of Tartu) and Erki Tammiksaar (Centre for Science Studies, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu); 14. The Ideas of Charles Darwin in Lithuania: Contributions by Emigrant Authors during the Years of Occupation, Vincas Buda and Alina Irena Sveistyte (Vilnius University); 15. Struggle for or against Participation? How Darwinism came to Partitioned Poland in the 1860s and early 1870s, Daniel Schumann (University of Bamberg); 16. Darwin's Image in Mendel's Brno: Vitezslav Orel (Mendel Museum, Brno) and Margaret H. Peaslee (University of Pittsburgh); Bibliography (Volume 1); Volume 2: The Twentieth Century; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Editors' Introduction; Part IV: Southern Europe; 17.The Interminable Decline of Lamarckism in France, Patrick Tort (Institut Charles Darwin International); 18. Darwin in a French Dress: Translating, Publishing and Supporting Darwin in Nineteenth-Century France, Joy Harvey (Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge); 19. Many Darwinisms by Many Names: Darwinism and Nature in the Kingdoms of Italy, Rainer Bromer (Mainz, Germany); 20. Darwinism and Paleontology: Reception and Diffusion of the Theory of Evolution in Spain: Francisco Pelayo (Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid); 21. Darwin in Catalunya: From Catholic Intransigence to the Marketing of Darwin's Image, Agusti Camos (Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona); 22.Darwin and the Vatican. The Reception of Evolutionary Theories, Mariano Artigas (University of Navarra), Thomas F. Glick (Boston University), and Rafael Martinez (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross); Part V: Southeastern Europe; 23. The Scientific Reception of Darwin's Work in Nineteenth-Century Hungary: Sandor Soos (Collegium Budapest); 24. The Reception of Darwin in Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Society, Katalin Mund (Eotvos University); 25. Notes on Reception of Darwin's Theory in Romania, Victoria Tatole (National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest); Part VI: Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism in Twentieth-Century Europe; 26. The Eclipse and Renaissance of Darwinism in German Biology (1900-1950), Thomas Junker (University of Tubingen); 27. The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in Russia: 1920s - 1940s, Yasha Gall and Mikhail B. Konashev (Institute for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, St. Petersburg); 28. Darwinism and Dialectical Materialism in Soviet Russia, Eduard Kolchinksi (Vavilov Institute for History of Science and Technology); 29. Miquel Crusafont, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Reception of the Synthetic Theory in Spain, Thomas F. Glick (Boston University); Bibliography (Volume 2); Index (Volumes 1 and 2).

Our knowledge of British and Irish authors is incomplete and inadequate without an understanding of the perspectives of other nations on them. Each volume examines the ways authors have been translated, published, distributed, read, reviewed and discussed in Europe. In doing so, it throws light not only on the specific strands of intellectual and cultural history but also on the processes involved in the dissemination of ideas and texts.