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Article: Jeffrey P. Moran. The Scopes Trial: a Brief History with Documents.(Book Review)
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- Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
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- September 22, 2004
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Jeffrey P. Moran. The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Pp. x, 230. Cloth, $45.00; ISBN 0-312-29426-3. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-24919-5.
Many teachers are aware of the Bedford Series in History and Culture, in which scholars present introductory essays about a particular historical issue, followed by a series of primary documents related to that issue. In this case, Jeffrey Moran of the University of Kansas brings his expertise to bear on the infamous Scopes Trial of 1925--the trial that riveted the nation, revealed the tectonic gaps between modernists and traditionalists in American society, and remains an essential topic ...