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Catholicism, race and empire : eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950 /

This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth-century Portugal within the context of the development of eugenics in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors governed the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalizatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cleminson, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014.
Colección:CEU press studies in the history of medicine
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth-century Portugal within the context of the development of eugenics in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors governed the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalization, opposition from Catholics and the conservative nature of the Salazar regime. In Portugal eugenic science was confined to three expressions: individualized studies on mental health, often from a 'biotypological' perspective; a particular stance on racial miscegenation in the context of the substan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9633860296
9789633860298