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The kingdom of speech / Tom Wolfe.
A captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316404624 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 185 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Anthropology. Human evolution. Language and languages. Speech. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 417.7 Wol | 31681010024164 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Taking readers on a rollicking ride through history, a master storyteller and reporter, whose legend began in journalism, presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speechùnot evolutionùis responsible for humanityÆs complex societies and achievements. 100,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. - Grand Central PubThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.
Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution -- is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements.
From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.
