Controlling Human Heredity : 1865 to the Present
by Diane B. PaulFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-11-01
Publisher(s): Humanities Press Intl Inc
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Summary
This historiography emphasizes eugenics' broad and persistent appeal and its close association with genetics. Professor Paul aims to bridge the gap between expert and lay understandings of the history of eugenics. She enriches the debate on the perplexing contemporary choices in genetic medicine.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| Series Editors' Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| What Is Eugenics? Why Does It Matter? | p. 1 |
| Evolutionary Anxieties | p. 22 |
| From Soft to Hard Heredity | p. 40 |
| The Menace of the Moron | p. 50 |
| Eugenic Solutions | p. 72 |
| "Whose Country Is This?" Eugenics and Race | p. 97 |
| From Eugenics to Human Genetics | p. 115 |
| Bibliography | p. 137 |
| Index | p. 151 |
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