The Wellborn Science Eugenics in Germany, France, Brazil, and Russia

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ISBN: 9780195053616 | 0195053613
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Copyright: 3/8/1990

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The four contributors to this volume examine the eugenics movements in Germany, France, Brazil, and the Soviet Union, and describe how geneticists and physicians participated in the development of policies concerning the improvement of hereditary qualities in humans. They examine the scientific components of those programs and discuss the involvement of social, religious, and political forces that significantly altered the original scientific goals. The book opens up new and comparative perspectives on the history of eugenics and the social uses of science in general.

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Contributors	p. xi
Eugenics in the History of Science	p. 3
The Race Hygiene Movement in Germany, 1904-1945	p. 8
The Origins of German Eugenics, 1890-1903	p. 11
The Wilhelmine Race Hygiene Movement, 1904-1918	p. 21
Eugenics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933	p. 29
Eugenics under the Swastika, 1933-1945	p. 40
Bibliography	p. 50
The Eugenics Movement in France, 1890-1940	p. 69
The French Setting	p. 70
The French Eugenics Society	p. 73
The Twenties	p. 76
Opposition to Eugenies	p. 79
The Thirties and the Population Question	p. 84
Sicard de Plauzoles	p. 87
Immigration and Sterilization	p. 92
Eugenics and the French Left	p. 97
Conclusion	p. 103
Bibliography	p. 105
Eugenics in Brazil, 1917-1940	p. 110
Structural and Social Origins	p. 111
The Eugenics Movement, 1917-1929	p. 115
Sanear e Eugenizar: To Sanitize Is to Eugenize	p. 119
Race and the Eugenics Movement in the 1920s	p. 126
Lamarck versus Mendel: A Scientific Divide	p. 130
Lamarck, Mendel, and Race: An Ideological Divide	p. 134
Eugenics in the Estado Novo	p. 138
Conclusion	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 145
Eugenics in Russia, 1900-1940	p. 153
The Origins of Russian Eugenics, 1900-1920	p. 155
The Structure of Russian Eugenics, 1920-1930	p. 164
Bolshevik Eugenics	p. 171
"Eugenics" and the Cultural Revolution, 1929-1932	p. 182
"Medical Genetics," Eugenics, and Lysenkoism, 1932-1940	p. 188
Conclusion	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 201
Towards a Comparative History of Eugenics	p. 217
Myths and Realities	p. 217
Issues and Agendas	p. 221
Prospects	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 227
Name Index	p. 233
Subject Index	p. 239
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