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Eugenics and the welfare state : sterilization policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland / edited by Gunnar Broberg and Nils Roll-Hansen.
Van Pelt Library HQ755.5.S34 E94 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Uppsala studies in history of science ; 21.
- Uppsala studies in History of Science ; 21.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eugenics--Scandinavia--History.
- Eugenics.
- Involuntary sterilization--Government policy--Scandinavia--History.
- Involuntary sterilization.
- Welfare state--History.
- Welfare state.
- History.
- Involuntary sterilization--Government policy.
- Scandinavia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- The history of sterilization in the Nordic countries shows the interaction between science, political ideology, and the development of social policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0870134132
- OCLC:
- 32465418
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