A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of Eugenics / Nicholas Wright G...
A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of Eugenics / Nicholas Wright G...
A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of Eugenics / Nicholas Wright Gillham.
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New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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2001.
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N576.5092/3
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English
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xii, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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New York (State)
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2001.
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After Galton's death, however, eugenics took a more sinister path, as in the United States, where by 1913 sixteen states had involuntary sterilization laws, and in Germany, where the goal of racial purity was pushed to its horrific limit in the "final solution." Galton himself, Gillham writes, would have been appalled by the extremes to which eugen...
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A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of Eugenics / Nicholas Wright Gillham.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-397).
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N576.5092/3
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0195143655 (acid-free paper)
9780195143652 (acid-free paper)
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576.5092
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991014554319702626
