Tag Archives: Francis Galton

Deconstructing Darwin

Posted on December 2, 2017 by leslie

Deconstructing Darwin Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by A.N. Wilson, published by John Murray, 2017, £25, hardback, reviewed by Gerry Dorrian Some of literature’s most unreliable narrators can be found in the field of biography. How appropriate, then, that A.N. Wilson devotes much … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, QR Home | Tagged AN Wilson, Charles Darwin, Eugenics, Francis Galton, Malthus | 3 Comments

Enlightened Despots

Posted on June 29, 2017 by leslie

Enlightened Despots Leslie Jones enjoys a compelling analysis Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics & American Economics in the Progressive Era, Thomas C. Leonard, Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2016, 250 pp., reviewed by Leslie Jones In Illiberal Reformers, economic historian … Continue reading →

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The riddle of the sands

Posted on May 16, 2013 by leslie

The riddle of the sands LESLIE JONES pays tribute to a pioneering Egyptologist In The Archaeology of Race, Debbie Challis, Audience Development Officer at the Petrie Museum, deploys the usual hackneyed criticisms of eugenics and psychometrics. Race, accordingly, “is not … Continue reading →