The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics

by Philippa Levine and Alison Bashford

Book Overview

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 measures in emerging social-democratic states to feminist ambitions for birth control, from public health campaigns to totalitarian dreams of the "perfectibility of man." This book dispels for uninitiated readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199945055
• ISBN13: 9780199945054
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.7" x 9.7"