The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945 Crossing Boundaries /

When the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics opened its doors in 1927, it could rely on wide political approval, ranging from the Social Democrats over the Catholic Centre to the far rightwing of the party spectrum. In 1933 the institute and its founding director E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmuhl, Hans-Walter (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 259
Temas:
Science-History.
Medical genetics.
Anthropology.
Medical sciences.
Life sciences.
History of Science.
Medical Genetics.
Health Sciences.
Life Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A "Purely Theoretical Institute for the Study of the Nature of Man": The Founding of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, 1920-1927
  • "The Human of the Future Under the Scrutiny of Research": The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics in the Weimar Republic, 1927-1933
  • The "Faustian Bargain": The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics in the National Socialist Era, 1933-1938/1942
  • In the Realm of Opportunity: The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics during World War II, 1938/42-1945
  • Boundary Transgressions.

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