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Eugenics, literature, and culture in post-war Britain / by Clare Hanson.
Van Pelt Library PR478.S57 H36 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanson, Clare.
- Series:
- Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- Biopolitics.
- History.
- Eugenics.
- Great Britain.
- Eugenics in literature.
- Eugenics--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Biopolitics--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Contents:
- Eugenics and the meritocracy
- Defective humans: mental deficiency in post-war Britain
- Genetics and eugenics
- Race and the body politic
- Population control
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415806985
- 0415806984
- OCLC:
- 730404016
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