Controlling human heredity, 1865 to the present

Name: Controlling human heredity, 1865 to the present
Author: Diane B. Paul
ISBN: 0391039156

by Diane B. Paul (1995)

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In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding of those who did not. Controlled human breeding, "eugenics" as it was labeled by Francis Galton, seemed only good common sense. How did eugenics come to exert such powerful and broad appeal? What events shaped its direction? Whose interests did it finally serve? Why did it fall into disrepute? Has it survived in other guises? These are some of the questions that Diane Paul sets out to answer - questions that have acquired a new urgency in light of developments in genetic medicine. The eugenics movement appeared to be dead - associated with race and class prejudice, in particular the crimes of the Third Reich - or was it just sleeping? Has eugenics returned in the guise of medical genetics? In Controlling Human Heredity, Professor Paul aims to bridge the gap between expert and lay understandings of the history of eugenics and thereby enrich the debate on the perplexing contemporary choices in genetic medicine.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story Era1800s / Victorian

Protagonist / CoreControlling human heredity, 1865 to the present Lead Character

Themes & Moods

History Eugenics Genetic engineering History Human reproductive technology Social aspects 1800s / Victorian

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