期刊全称 | A History of British Eugenics since 1865 | 期刊简称 | From Francis Galton | 影响因子2023 | David Redvaldsen | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Provides a clear and authoritative introduction to British eugenics from its beginnings in 1865 to the 1990s.Offers insights relevant to‘present-day concerns surrounding assisted reproduction and gene | 学科分类 | Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book examines British eugenics from its origins in 1865 to the early 1990s. It considers the two institutions promoting the doctrine: the Galton Laboratory attached to the University of London; and the Eugenics Society. It charts internal and ideological changes across more than a century, seeing eugenics as primarily a political movement. The doctrine had influence on British society and guided adherents ranging from scientists to charitable ladies. The Galton Laboratory published detailed studies of heredity. It transformed itself into a centre for medical genetics after the Second World War. As early as the 1920s, the Eugenics Society was the mainspring of the doctrine, formulating what became the British version of an international ideology. It began as applied social Darwinism, later incorporating a greater degree of meritocracy and amelioration. Its support for sterilization in the 1930s eroded the kudos it had gained in policy-making circles. From the 1960s, organized eugenics was especially a forum for learned and popular discussion of biology and sociology. Medical advances after 1970 aided its continuation, notably the growth of assisted reproductive technologies. T | Pindex | Book 2024 |
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