Eugenics and Modernization in Interwar Romania

by Maria Bucur

Book Overview

Eugenics movements gained momentum throughout Eastern Europe between World Wars I and II. Maria Bucur demonstrates that the importance of the eugenics movement in Romania rests not so much in the contributions made to the study of science as in the realm of nationalist ideology and social policy making.The notion that the quality and quantity of the human species could and should be controlled manifested itself through social engineering projects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961261
• ISBN13: 9780822961260
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"