Social Mendelism : genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948 / Amir Teicher.
Social Mendelism : genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948 / Amir Teicher.
Social Mendelism : genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948 / Amir Teicher.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/3442
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English
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xiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865-1913 -- Mendelism maturing : from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913-1933 -- Mendelism, purity and national renewal -- Annihilating defective genes : Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign -- Mendelizing racial antisemit...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
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2020.
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"Who was the scientific progenitor of eugenic thought? Amir Teicher challenges the preoccupation with Darwin's eugenic legacy by uncovering the extent to which Gregor Mendel's theory of heredity became crucial in the formation (and radicalization) of eugenic ideas. Through an analysis of the entrenchment of genetic thinking in the social and politi...
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Social Mendelism : genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948 / Amir Teicher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-263) and index.
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G 2020/3442
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74VKamVOx06d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKamVOx06d
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1108730744 (paperback)
9781108499491 (hardback)
110849949X (hardback)
9781108730747 (paperback)
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305.8009430904
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991024334213302626
