The Hour of Eugenics"

Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Latin America, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: Nancy Leys Stepan ISBN: 9781501702259
Publisher: Cornell University Press Publication: November 14, 1996
Imprint: Cornell University Press Language: English
Author: Nancy Leys Stepan
ISBN: 9781501702259
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication: November 14, 1996
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Language: English

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 of Nazi Germany. 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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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 of Nazi Germany. 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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