Controlling human heredity : 1865 to the present / Diane B. Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Diane B., 1946- author.

Contributor:

Prometheus Books (Firm), publisher.

Humanity Books, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Control of nature

The control of nature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eugenics--History.

Eugenics.

History.

Genetic engineering--Social aspects.

Genetic engineering.

Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.

Human reproductive technology.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 1995.

Summary:

This historiography emphasizes eugenics' broad and persistent appeal and its close association with genetics. Professor Paul aims to bridge the gap between expert and lay understandings of the history of eugenics. She enriches the debate on the perplexing contemporary choices in genetic medicine.

Contents:

1. What is eugenics? Why does it matter?

2. Evolutionary anxieties

3. From soft to hard heredity

4. The menace of the moon

5. Eugenic solutions

6. "Whose country is this?" Eugenics and race

7. From eugenics to human genetics.

Notes:

Originally published: Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press International, Inc., 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

ISBN:

9781573923439

1573923435

OCLC:

52305492