2016
DOI: 10.5325/intelitestud.18.3.0413
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Evolution and Economics in Robert Herrick's The Memoirs of an American Citizen

Abstract: This article examines Robert Herrick's business novel, The Memoirs of an American Citizen (1905), and its engagement with competing views regarding the application of Darwinism in business practices and economic theory through the rise of its protagonist Edward Van Harrington and his corporation. The Memoirs of an American Citizen illustrates the influence of Darwinian individualism in fictional representations of business competition; however, Herrick's novel also contains a different interpretation of Darwin… Show more

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