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Eugenics: A Very Short introduction
Professor Philippa Levine
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Paperback. A concise and gripping account of eugenics from its origins in the twentieth century and beyond. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10. BIC Classification: PDX; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Weight
128g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199385904
SKU
V9780199385904
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About Professor Philippa Levine
Philippa Levine is the Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities and the Co-Director of the Program in British Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics and she has published extensively on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and British Empire history, as well as on science, ... Read more
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