"The Hour of Eugenics"

Download or Read eBook "The Hour of Eugenics" PDF written by Nancy Stepan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 0801497957
ISBN-13 : 9780801497957
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Book Synopsis "The Hour of Eugenics" by : Nancy Stepan

Book excerpt: Examining for the first time how eugenics was taken up by scientists and social reformers in Latin America, Nancy Leys Stepan compares the eugenics movements in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina with the more familiar cases of Britain, the United States, and Germany.


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