The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics by Alison Bashford, Philippa Levine

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics

Alison Bashford, Philippa Levine

586 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced

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Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable transnational phenomenon. Eugenics informed social and scientific policy across the political spectrum, from liberal welfare measure...

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