Nancy Leys Stepan: 2 books
Eradication
Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The dream of a world completely free of disease may seem utopian, but eradication—used in its modern sense to mean the reduction of the number of cases of a disease to zero by deliberate public health interventions—has been pursued repeatedly. Campaigns against yellow fever, malaria, and smallpox...
The Hour of Eugenics"
Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 1996
Eugenics was a term coined in 1883 to name the scientific and social theory which advocated "race improvement" through selective human breeding. In Europe and the United States the eugenics movement found many supporters before it was finally discredited by its association with the racist ideology...