Talk:Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

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[edit] Written in English?

Did Kropotkin write Mutual Aid in English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.133.199.147 (talk) 08:02, December 4, 2003

I'm not absolutely certain, not having a copy handy, but I don't believe so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.210.204.234 (talk) 10:47, August 4, 2005

The preface to my 1998 Freedom Press edition says "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution was first published by William Heinemann in London in October 1902. It was soon published in the United States and translated into several languages." (my emphasis) I believe it was originally published in English. Mike Dillon 04:46, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Kropotkin's introduction says that the individual chapters were originally published in Nineteenth Century (an English language publication) between 1890 and 1896, so I'm certain it was published in English. Mike Dillon 06:24, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
i am fairly certain that mutual aid was written in english. PK was living in london at the time and did a lot of his work in english; maybe all. freedom was english language. --Lquilter (talk) 15:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] scientific relevance

How accurate or out of date are his observations on animal behaviour? Is the book still considered important in biology? It would be good to address those questions in the article, but I don't know enough to do it myself. -Matt Adams —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.95.128.247 (talk)

A quick googling turned up http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/dward/classes/Anarchy/finalprojects/brooksfinal.html // Liftarn