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Eugenics : a very short introduction / Philippa Levine.
Author
Levine, Philippa
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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Oxford Very Short Introductions: Complete
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HQ751 .L48 2017
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Eugenics
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History
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Series
Very short introductions ; 495.
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In 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word "eugenics" to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin's theory of evolution to human society, eugenics soon became a powerful, international movement, committed to using the principles of heredity and statistics to encourage healthy and discourage unhealthy reproduction. Early in the twentieth century and across the world, doctors, social reformers, and politicians turned to the new science of eugenics as a means to improve and strengthen their populations. Eugenics advocates claimed their methods would result in healthier, fitter babies and would dramatically limit human suffering. The reality was a different story. In the name of scientific progress and of human improvement, eugenicists targeted the weak and the sick, triggering coercive legislation on issues as disparate as race, gender, immigration, euthanasia, abortion, sterilization, intelligence, mental illness, and disease control. Nationalists eagerly embraced eugenics as a means to legitimize their countries' superiority and racialized assumptions, and the Nazis notoriously used eugenics to shape their "final solution."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-132) and index.
Contents
The world of eugenics
Eugenic intelligence
Eugenic reproduction
The inequalities of eugenics
Eugenics after 1945.
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ISBN
9780199385904 ((paperback))
0199385904 ((paperback))
0199385939 (ebook)
9780199385935 (ebook)
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2016028410
OCLC
947145372
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40026720905
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