
Published online:
21 March 2013
Published in print:
15 December 2010
Online ISBN:
9780226891798
Print ISBN:
9780226891767
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The Specter of Degeneration, the Rise of Eugenics, and the Origins of Modern Genetics, 1890–1914 The Specter of Degeneration, the Rise of Eugenics, and the Origins of Modern Genetics, 1890–1914
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The Great War, German Racial Hygiene, and the International Eugenics Movement The Great War, German Racial Hygiene, and the International Eugenics Movement
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The Maturation of Human Heredity and Eugenics in the International Arena The Maturation of Human Heredity and Eugenics in the International Arena
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The Great Depression and the Radical Turn in German Eugenics The Great Depression and the Radical Turn in German Eugenics
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One Human Heredity and Eugenics Make Their International Debut
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Published:December 2010
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Weiss, Sheila Faith, 'Human Heredity and Eugenics Make Their International Debut', The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich (Chicago, IL , 2010; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Mar. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226891798.003.0002, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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Weiss, Sheila Faith. "Human Heredity and Eugenics Make Their International Debut." In The Nazi Symbiosis: Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich University of Chicago Press, 2010. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226891798.003.0002.
Abstract
This chapter introduces some of the major internationally renowned human geneticists and eugenicists who laid the foundations of this new science since the turn of the twentieth century, including Charles B. Davenport, Harry H. Laughlin, and Francis Galton. It examines their intellectual and political concerns as expressed in their scientific publications and in personal correspondence with other researchers. The chapter also discusses the history of the rise of eugenics, which led to the origins of modern genetics during the period from 1890 to 1914, and considers the influence of the Great Depression on the radical turn in German eugenics.
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