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Darwin's sacred cause : race, slavery and the quest for human origins / Adrian Desmond and James Moore

By: Desmond, Adrian J, 1947-.
Contributor(s): Moore, James R. (James Richard), 1947-.
Publisher: London : Allen Lane, 2009Description: xxi, 485 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781846140358 (hbk.); 1846140358 (hbk.).Subject(s): 10 Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Evolution (Biology) | Natural selection | Antislavery movementsDDC classification: 576.82092
Contents:
Introduction Unshackling Creation. 1. The Intimate 'Blackamoor' 2. Racial Numb-Skulls. 3. All Nations of One Blood. 4. Living in Slave Countries. 5. Common Descent: From the Father of Man to the Father of All Mammals. 6. Hybridizing Humans. 7. This Odious Deadly Subject. 8. Domestic Animals and Domestic Institutions. 9. Oh for Shame Agassiz! 10. The Contamination of Negro Blood. 11. The Secret Science Drifts from Its Sacred Cause. 12. Cannibals and the Confederacy in London. 13. The Descent of the Races. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-456) and index

Introduction Unshackling Creation. 1. The Intimate 'Blackamoor' 2. Racial Numb-Skulls. 3. All Nations of One Blood. 4. Living in Slave Countries. 5. Common Descent: From the Father of Man to the Father of All Mammals. 6. Hybridizing Humans. 7. This Odious Deadly Subject. 8. Domestic Animals and Domestic Institutions. 9. Oh for Shame Agassiz! 10. The Contamination of Negro Blood. 11. The Secret Science Drifts from Its Sacred Cause. 12. Cannibals and the Confederacy in London. 13. The Descent of the Races. - Notes. - Bibliography. - Index.

Biology : SB14U