Darwin's Armada tells the stories of Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Joseph Hooker and Alfred Wallace, four young amateur naturalists from Britain who voyaged to the southern hemisphere during the first half of the nineteenth century in search of adventure and scientific fame. It charts their thrilling voyages to the strange and beautiful lands of the southern hemisphere that reshaped the young mariners' scientific ideas and led them, on returning to Britain, to befriend fellow voyager Charles Darwin. All three crucially influenced the publication and reception of his Origin of Species in 1859, one of the formative texts of the modern world. For the first time the Darwinian revolution of ideas is seen as a genuinely collective enterprise and one that had its birth in a series of gripping and human travel adventures. Many of the most urgent ecological and social issues of our times are seen to be prefigured in this compelling story of intellectual discovery.
Simon & Schuster, 2009, Cloth, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9781847372666

Inventory #28663

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.81 approx. - € 11.74 approx.)

N.B.Previous owner's signature on ffep.Hopkins contends that the lives of enslaved African Americans were the foundational source of liberating faith and practice for African Americans today. Down, Up, and Over draws on their religious experience, and the example of their faith and witness, to develop a constructive theology of liberation. "African American belief structures and hope practices blossom from the black folk's religious encounters with God," Hopkins contends. The first half of his ambitious work reconstructs the cultural matrix of African American religion-a total way of life formed by Protestantism, American culture, and the institution of slavery (1619-1865)-in which racial identities developed. Whites from Europe and blacks from Africa arrived with specific, differing views of God, faith, practice, and humanity. Hopkins recreates their worldviews and how white theology sought to remake African Americans into naturally inferior beings divinely ordained into subservience. The counter voice of enslaved blacks begets the Spirit of Liberation. Tracking that Spirit, Hopkins crafts an explicit black theology of the Spirit of Liberation for us (God, chapter 4), with us (Jesus, chapter 5), and in us (human purpose, chapter 6). Out of the crucible of slavery emerges the lineaments of a constructive religious vision: the constitution of a new self and a divinely purposed "liberation toward full spiritual and material humanity." Hopkins sweeping vision, impressive scholarship, and astute social analysis make for a fascinating and important volume, one that can help all readers find meaning and purpose in the daunting 350-year pilgrimage of African Americans. 300pp.
Fortress Press, 2000, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0800627237

Inventory #27781

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 15.81 approx. - € 11.74 approx.)

2 Volume set comprising of Volume 1: From the Colonial Times Through the Civil War, 532pp and Volume 2: From the Reconstruction to the Founding of the N.A.A.C.P. 942pp. N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep of both volumes.
Citadel Press, 0, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . 2 Volumes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0806501685

Inventory #24700

Price: £ 20.00 GBP ($ 31.62 approx. - € 23.48 approx.)

Previous owners inscription on ffep. Corners of d/j slightly rubbed. Some foxing to the top edge of pages. 239pp.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good/Price Clipped. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #21409

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.86 approx. - € 8.81 approx.)

In this book, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - teacher, feminist, cultural critic, literary theorist - addresses the crisis of multiculturalism. How are debates over the canon, ethnicity, Third World feminism, and the new cultural studies shaping our understanding of "culture"? One of the most influential scholars in critical theory today, Spivak's writing and lectures have become crucial to the understanding of both feminism and cultural studies. In this new volume, she addresses a wide range of issues affecting multicultural thinking in the university, such as ideas of post-coloniality and international feminism. 335pp. N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Fading and crease to spine. Annotation to page 55.
Routledge, 1993, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

ISBN: 0415904897

Inventory #25388

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.76 approx. - € 14.68 approx.)