A consideration of things ahead
A new issue of Lost it out. From the Journal of Third World Studies, a review essay on Africa in the neo-liberal world (dis)order; and a review of From Pilgrimage to Package Tour: Travel and Tourism in the Third World by David Gladstone. Who will throw the book at the Bushies? If Congress won't, these folks might. A review of The Language of Law School: Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer" by Elizabeth Mertz. Did Charles Darwin believe in racial inequality? From The Guardian, Steve Jones explores the obscure chapters of Darwin's life; and more on Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins by Adrian Desmond (and more and more and more; and more from Bookforum). An interview with Adam Gopnik, author of Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life (
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