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Time travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the birth of America's favorite pastime (The Washington Times)Contemporary reporter Sam Fowler is stuck in a dull job and a failing marriage when he is suddenly transported back to the summer of 1869. After a wrenching period of adjustment, he feels rejuvenated by his involvement with the nation's first pro baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings. But American sports isn't the only thing to undergo a major transformation--Sam himself starts to change as he faces life-threatening 19th-century challenges on and off the baseball diamond. With the support of his fellow ballplayers and the lovely Caitlin O'Neill, will he regain the sense of family he desperately needs?Darryl Brock masterfully evokes post-Civil War America--its smoky cities and transcontinental railroad, its dance halls and parlour houses, its financial booms and busts. Equally appealing to sports fans and anyone who appreciates a well-told story, If I Never Get Back is a literary home run that "grabs you from line one on page one and never lets go" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Set in the economically troubled America of 1875, the story follows Sam Fowler as he embarks on a perilous quest to find his beloved Caitlin. Along the way, he encounters a diverse cast, including ballplayers, tramps, and miners, while navigating the challenges of a harsh landscape. His journey leads him to work in a casino and traverse the Nebraska prairies, culminating in a critical showdown in the Black Hills. Blending historical accuracy with thrilling twists, this sequel offers a gripping exploration of love and resilience against the backdrop of a tumultuous era.

China s rise as a powerful global power coincides with reassessment of Charles Darwin s legacy of evolutionary transformative thought on science and society. The reception of Darwinism is well characterized in the West, but how did China respond to this revolutionary lens for assessing humankind s place in the universe? This work traces the introduction of Darwinist thought into late nineteenth century China, assessing its influence on intellectual, social and revolutionary development through the end of the Chinese Republic era. Darwinian scientific and social thought infused a nation in turmoil. The corrupt, fading Manchu Dynasty engendered a crisis of national confidence with its humiliating loss during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. Social Darwinism took root against that backdrop, helping to catalyze revolution, establish the 1911 Republic, and even justify the Peoples Republic of China. This stimulating synthesis of Social Darwinism s clash with Confucian thought will appeal to Sinologists and science historians, as well as thoughtful political, economic and science observers who wish to understand the origins of modern China and the international reception of Darwin.

Die Einführung des darwinistischen Denkens im späten 19. Jahrhundert prägte maßgeblich die intellektuelle und soziale Entwicklung Chinas bis zur Gründung der Volksrepublik. Angesichts der Krise nach dem Chinesisch-Japanischen Krieg erlebte das Sozialdarwinismus einen Aufschwung, der zur Revolution von 1911 beitrug. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Wechselwirkungen zwischen darwinistischem und konfuzianischem Denken und beleuchtet deren Einfluss auf die politische und gesellschaftliche Transformation Chinas. Sie richtet sich an Sinologen, Wissenschaftshistoriker und Interessierte an den Ursprüngen des modernen China.