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In the public good : eugenics and law in Ontario /

"In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement won many supporters with its promise that social ills such as venereal disease, alcoholism, and so-called feeble-mindedness along with many other conditions could be eliminated by selective human breeding and other measures. The provinces o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koester, C. Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 57.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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