The unfit : a history of a bad idea / Elof Axel Carlson.
| Author/creator | Carlson, Elof Axel |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xiv, 451 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Ch. 1. Who are the unfit? -- Ch. 2. The unfit in Biblical times -- Ch. 3. Self-pollution and declining health -- Ch. 4. Degeneracy theory: identifying the innately depraved and the victims of vicious upbringing -- Ch. 5. Dangerous classes and social degeneracy -- Ch. 6. Poor laws and the descent to degeneracy -- Ch. 7. The perfectibility of man confronts vice and misery -- Ch. 8. Evolutionary ethics before Darwin -- Ch. 9. Hereditary units and the pessimism of the germ plasm -- Ch. 10. The Jukes and the tribe of Ishmael -- Ch. 11. A minor prophet of democracy -- Ch. 12. Isolating the unfit through compulsory sterilization -- Ch. 13. The emergence of two wings of the eugenics movement -- Ch. 14. Europe's undesirables replace the domestic unfit -- Ch. 15. Eugenics becomes an international movement -- Ch. 16. Racism and human inequality -- Ch. 17. Jews as people, race, culture, religion, and victims -- Ch. 18. The smoke of Auschwitz -- Ch. 19. The abandonment of eugenics by genetics -- Ch. 20. The future of eugenics -- Ch. 21. Dealing with life's imperfections. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-426) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001032347 |
| ISBN | 0879695870 |
| ISBN | 9780879695873 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ751 .C27 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | HQ 751 C284U 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |