Our Own Master Race : Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945 /

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Was Canada immune to the racist currents of thought that swept central Europe in the 1920's and 1930's? In this landmark book Angus McLaren, co-author of The Bedroom and the State, examines the pervasiveness in Canada of the eugenic notion of "race betterment" and demonstrates th...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McLaren, Angus (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Eugenics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Eugenisme > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Eugenics > Canada > History > 20th century.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The birth of biological politics
  • Public health and hereditarian concerns
  • Stemming the flood of defective aliens
  • Sex, science, and race betterment
  • Creating a haven for human thoroughbreds
  • The eugenics society of Canada
  • Genetics, eugenics, and human pedigress
  • The death of eugenics?

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