Eugenics and nation in early 20th century Hungary / Marius Turda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turda, Marius.

Series:

Science, technology, and medicine in modern history

Science, technology and medicine in modern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eugenics--history.

Eugenics.

History.

Hungary.

Eugenics--Hungary--History--20th century.

Medical Subjects:

Eugenics--history.

Physical Description:

x, 343 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

In 1900 Hungary was a regional power in Europe with imperial pretensions. By 1919 it was reduced to the status of a small Central European country, crippled by profound territorial, social and national transformations. This book chronicles the development of eugenic thinking in early twentieth-century Hungary, examining how ideas of social and biological improvement served as foundations of a national programme that transcended the differences between political parties and opposing ideological worldviews. Hungarian eugenicists not only engaged in the same speculative debates concerning heredity as their counterparts did elsewhere in Europe and the USA, they also conjured up a national interpretation of the application of eugenics to society, one which aimed at solving long-standing social, economic and health problems specific to Hungarian society. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A New Dawn 16

2 Debating Eugenics 49

3 At a Crossroads 75

4 Towards National Eugenics 105

5 Health Anxieties and War 141

6 Eugenics Triumphant 163

7 The Fall of the Race 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

1137293527

9781137293527

OCLC:

860943855