Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette.
Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette.
Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette.
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.
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N363.92/9
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English
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viii, 224 p. ; 22 cm.
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The rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- Recent studies on human sexuality -- The birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The animal nature of humans -- Earlier studies on human sexuality -- Evolution, ethics, and culture -- The dea...
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007.
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New York (State)
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c2007.
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"This study shows that sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century, at a time when many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. Aaron Gillette tracks the developments in these fields and explains how, with the rise of behaviorism and the reaction against eugenic...
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Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N363.92/9
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74VKzloVmG3g
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1403984220 (alk. paper)
9781403984227 (alk. paper)
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363.92
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991023624759702626
