In the Name of Eugenics Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

Name: In the Name of Eugenics Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
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ISBN: 9780674445574

ISBN-10: 0674445570

ISBN-13: 9780674445574

Edition: 1985

Authors: Daniel J. Kevles

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Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic engineering. It is rich in narrative, anecdote, attention to human detail, and stories of competition among scientists who have dominated the field.

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/21/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface, 1995


Preface to the Original Edition



Francis Galton, Founder of the Faith



Karl Pearson for Saint Biometrika



Charles Davenport and the Worship of Great Concepts



The Gospel Becomes Popular



Deterioration and Deficiency



Measures of Regeneration



Eugenic Enactments



A Coalition of Critics



False Biology



Lionel Penrose and the Colchester Survey



A Reform Eugenics



Brave New Biology



The Establishment of Human Genetics



Apogee of the English School



Blood, Big Science, and Biochemistry



Chromosomes-the Binder's Mistakes



A New Eugenics



Varieties of Presumptuousness



Songs of Deicide


Notes


Essay on Sources


Acknowledgements


Index