Kevles, Daniel J.

In the Name of Eugenics : Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

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Preface, 1995 vii Preface to the Original Edition xiii Francis Galton, Founder of the Faith 3(17) Karl Pearson for Saint Biometrika 20(21) Charles Davenport and the Worship of Great Concepts 41(16) The Gospel Becomes Popular 57(13) Deterioration and Deficiency 70(15) Measures of Regeneration 85(11) Eugenic Enactments 96(17) A Coalition of Critics 113(16) False Biology 129(19) Lionel Penrose and the Colchester Survey 148(16) A Reform Eugenics 164(12) Brave New Biology 176(17) The Establishment of Human Genetics 193(19) Apogee of the English School 212(11) Blood, Big Science, and Biochemistry 223(15) Chromosomes---the Binder's Mistakes 238(13) A New Eugenics 251(18) Varieties of Presumptuousness 269(22) Songs of Deicide 291(12) Notes 303(80) Essay on Sources 383(24) Acknowledgments 407(4) Index 411

Ingenaaid | 448 pagina's | Engels
1e druk | Verschenen in 1998
Rubriek:

  • NUR: Algemene sociale wetenschappen
  • ISBN-13: 9780674445574 | ISBN-10: 0674445570