“The Termitodoxa, or Biology and Society”

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Title	“The Termitodoxa, or Biology and Society”
Year for Search	1920
Authors	Wheeler, William Morton(1865-1937)
Secondary Title	Scientific Monthly
Volume / Edition	10.2
Pagination	113-24
Date Published	February 1920
Keywords	Male author, US author
Annotation	While the purpose of the essay is the illumination of the way a termite colony functions, it is done so through a letter from “Wee-Wee 43^rd Neotenic King of the 8429^th Dynasty of the Bellicose Termites” who describes the eutopia that is the colony with some disparaging comments on human society.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. in his Foibles of Insects and Men (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), 207-17; and Essays in Philosophical Biology. Selected by Professor G. W. Parker (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939), 71-88.
Info Notes	Originally read at the Symposium of the American Society of Naturalists, Princeton Meeting, December 30, 1919.
Holding Institutions	PSt
Author Note	The author (1865-1937) was Professor of Entomology at Harvard University.
Full Text	1920 Wheeler, William Morton (1865-1937). “The Termitodoxa, or Biology and Society.” Scientific Monthly 10.2 (February 1920): 113-24. Rpt. in his Foibles of Insects and Men (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), 207-17; and Essays in Philosophical Biology. Selected by Professor G. W. Parker (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939), 71-88. Originally read at the Symposium of the American Society of Naturalists, Princeton Meeting, December 30, 1919. PSt While the purpose of the essay is the illumination of the way a termite colony functions, it is done so through a letter from “Wee-Wee 43^rd Neotenic King of the 8429^th Dynasty of the Bellicose Termites” who describes the eutopia that is the colony with some disparaging comments on human society. The author was Professor of Entomology at Harvard University.