A Human Garden: French Policy and the Transatlantic Legacies of Eugenic Experimentation

by Paul-André Rosental

Well into the 1980s, Strasbourg, France, was the site of a curious and little-noted experiment: Ungemach, a garden city dating back to the high days of eugenic experimentation that offered luxury living to couples who were deemed biologically fit and committed to contractual childbearing targets. Supported by public authorities, Ungemach aimed to accelerate human evolution by increasing procreation among eugenically selected parents. In this fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789205433
• ISBN13: 9781789205435
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"