Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2015 Herbert Spencer and His American Audience Joel F. Yoder Loyola University Chicago,
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[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2015 Joel F. Yoder LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO HERBERT SPENCER AND HIS AMERICAN AUDIENCE A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN HISTORY BY JOEL F. YODER CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AUGUST 2015 Copyright by Joel F. Yoder, 2015 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisory committee for their unstinting support through the sometimes difficult process of research and writing. Timothy Gilfoyle, who served as chair, provided feedback that was timely and specific. Patricia Mooney‐Melvin gave encouragement when I needed it most, and advice that I often waited too long to follow. Aiden Forth bravely stepped in midway, though he did not know what he was letting himself in for. I would also like to thank the members of the Loyola University graduate history Dissertation Working Group for reading and commenting on the first four chapters. Steve Catania, Anthony Di Lorenzo, Erin Feichtinger, Devin Hunter, Will Ippen, Pete Kotowski, Chris Ramsey, Amelia Serafine, Jeff Wing, and others made helpful comments on one chapter or another; I would like to thank Amy Oberlin especially for both her comments and for organizing the group.