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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cleminson, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014.
Series:CEU press studies in the history of medicine
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Portugal > History.
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church
Eugenics > Portugal > History.
Social justice > Portugal > History.
Eugénisme > Portugal > Histoire.
Justice sociale > Portugal > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
MEDICAL > History.
Eugenics
Race relations
Social justice
Portugal > Race relations > History.
Portugal
Catholic Church, Early 20th century, Eugenics, Portugal, Racial studies, Racism, Social justice.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introductino
  • The birth of eugenics in Portugal : early debates and the social and scientific context, 1900-1927
  • Between consolidation and institutionalisation : eugenics, Catholic opposition and the Salazar regime, 1927-1933
  • Apogee and decline : from the establishment of the eugenics society to dissolution into the centre for demographic studies, 1934-1960
  • Race, eugenics and miscegenation in the Portuguese metropole and overseas territories
  • Conclusion.

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