In the Name of Eugenics

Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity

Daniel J. Kevles (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

1998
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-44557-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Daniel Kevles is Stanley Woodward Professor of History and Law at Yale University.

Preface, 1995 Preface to the Original Edition I. Francis Galton, Founder of the Faith II. Karl Pearson for Saint Biometrika III. Charles Davenport and the Worship of Great Concepts IV. The Gospel Becomes Popular V. Deterioration and Deficiency VI. Measures of Regeneration VII. Eugenic Enactments VIII. A Coalition of Critics IX. False Biology X. Lionel Penrose and the Colchester Survey XI. A Reform Eugenics XII. Brave New Biology XIII. The Establishment of Human Genetics XIV. Apogee of the English School XV. Blood, Big Science, and Biochemistry XVI. Chromosomes-the Binder's Mistakes XVII. A New Eugenics XVIII. Varieties of Presumptuousness XIX. Songs of Deicide Notes Essay on Sources Acknowledgements Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.8.1998
Verlagsort	Cambridge, Mass
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-674-44557-0 / 0674445570
ISBN-13	978-0-674-44557-4 / 9780674445574
Zustand	Neuware