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082 | _a306.36208996 DES-D | ||
100 | _aAdrian J. Desmond | ||
245 | _aDarwin's Sacred Cause Race Slavery & quest for Human Origins | ||
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_aLondon _bAllen Lane/ Penguin Books _c2009 |
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300 | _a xxi, 484 pages : illustrations, maps | ||
520 | _aOffers an explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced life to an ancient common ancestor. This title argues that only by understanding Darwin's Christian abolitionist inheritance can we shed light on the perplexing mix of personal drive, public hesitancy and scientific radicalism. | ||
650 | _a Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Ethics. Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882 -- Political and social views. Human evolution -- Philosophy. | ||
700 | _aJames R Moore | ||
942 | _cBK |