The [Oxford] Handbook of the History of Eugenics (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics covers the nineteenth century to the post-World War II era and dispels for uninitiated readers the automatic and apparently exclusive link between eugenics and the Holocaust. It provides a world history of eugenics. Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable transnational phenomenon. Eugenics informed social and scientific policy across the political spectrum, from liberal welfare measures in emerging social-democratic states to feminist ambitions for birth control, from public health campaigns to totalitarian dreams of the "perfectibility of man." Eugenics has accumulated generations of interest as experts attempted to connect biology, human capacity, and policy. In the past and the present, eugenics speaks to questions of race, class, gender and sex, evolution, governance, nationalism, disability, and the social implications of science. In the current climate, in which the human genome project, stem cell research, and new reproductive technologies have proven so controversial, the history of eugenics has much to teach us about the relationship between scientific research, technology, and human ethical decision-making. -- Publisher description Introduction Eugenics and the modern world / Philippa Levine and Alison Bashford Part One: Transnational themes in the history of eugenics The Darwinian context : Evolution and inheritance / Diane B. Paul and James Moore Anthropology, colonialism, and eugenics / Philippa Levine Race, science, and eugenics in the twentieth century / Marius Turda Eugenics and the science of genetics / Nils Roll-Hansen Fertility control: Eugenics, neo-Malthusianism, and feminism / Susanne Klausen and Alison Bashford Disability, psychiatry, and eugenics / Mathew Thomson Eugenics and the state: Policy-making in comparative perspective / Veronique Mottier Internationalism, cosmopolitanism, and eugenics / Alison Bashford Gender and sexuality: A global tour and compass / Alexandra Minna Stern Eugenics and genocide / A. Dirk Moses and Dan Stone Part Two: National/colonial formations Eugenics in Britain: The view from the metropole / Lucy Bland and Lesley Hall 12. South Asia's eugenic past / Sarah Hodges Eugenics in Australia and New Zealand: Laboratories of racial science / Stephen Garton Eugenics in China and Hong Kong: Nationalism and colonialism, 1890s-1940s / Yuehtsen Juliette Chung Eugenics in South Africa: Paradoxes in the place of race? / Saul Dubow Eugenics in colonial Kenya / Chloe Campbell Eugenics in post-colonial Southeast Asia / Sunil S. Amrith German eugenics and the wider world: Beyond the racial state / Paul Weindling Eugenics in France and the colonies / Richard S. Fogarty and Michael A. Osborne Eugenics in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies / Hans Pols The Scandinavian states: Reformed eugenics applied / Mattias Tyden The first-wave eugenic revolution in southern Europe: Science sans frontiers / Maria Sophia Quine Eugenics in eastern Europe, 1870s-1945 / Maria Bucur Eugenics in Russia and the Soviet Union / Nikolai Krementsov Eugenics in Japan: Sanguinous repair / Jennifer Robertson Eugenics in interwar Iran / Cyrus Schayegh Eugenics and the Jews / Raphael Falk Eugenics policy and practice in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico / Patience A. Schell The path of eugenics in Brazil: Dilemmas of miscegenation / Gilberto Hochman, Nisia Trindade Lima, and Marcos Chor Maio Eugenics in the United States / Wendy Kline Eugenics in Canada: A chequered history, 1850s - 1990s / Carolyn Strange and Jennifer A. Stephen Epilogue: Where did eugenics go? / Alison Bashford. Contents Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: Eugenics and the Modern World PART I: TRANSNATIONAL THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF EUGENICS 1. The Darwinian Context: Evolution and Inheritance 2. Anthropology, Colonialism, and Eugenics 3. Race, Science, and Eugenics in the Twentieth Century 4. Eugenics and the Science of Genetics 5. Fertility Control: Eugenics, Neo-Malthusianism, and Feminism 6. Disability, Psychiatry, and Eugenics 7. Eugenics and the State: Policy-Making in Comparative Perspective 8. Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Eugenics 9. Gender and Sexuality: A Global Tour and Compass 10. Eugenics and Genocide PART II: NATIONAL/COLONIAL FORMATIONS 11. Eugenics in Britain: The View from the Metropole 12. South Asia’s Eugenic Past 13. Eugenics in Australia and New Zealand: Laboratories of Racial Science 14. Eugenics in China and Hong Kong: Nationalism and Colonialism, 1890s–1940s 15. South Africa: Paradoxes in the Place of Race 16. Eugenics in Colonial Kenya 17. Eugenics in Postcolonial Southeast Asia 18. German Eugenics and the Wider World: Beyond the Racial State 19. Eugenics in France and the Colonies 20. Eugenics in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies 21. The Scandinavian States: Reformed Eugenics Applied 22. The First-Wave Eugenic Revolution in Southern Europe: Science sans frontières 23. Eugenics in Eastern Europe, 1870s–1945 24. Eugenics in Russia and the Soviet Union 25. Eugenics in Japan: Sanguinous Repair 26. Eugenics in Interwar Iran 27. Eugenics and the Jews 28. Eugenics Policy and Practice in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico 29. The Path of Eugenics in Brazil: Dilemmas of Miscegenation 30. Eugenics in the United States 31. Eugenics in Canada: A Checkered History, 1850s–1990s Epilogue: Where Did Eugenics Go? Chronology Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable transnational phenomenon. Eugenics informed social and scientific policy across the political spectrum, from liberal welfare measures in emerging social-democratic states to feminist ambitions for birth control, from public health campaigns to totalitarian dreams of the "perfectibility of man." This book dispels for uninitiated readers the automatic and apparently exclusive link between eugenics and the Holocaust. It is the first world history of eugenics and an indispensable core text for both teaching and research. Eugenics has accumulated generations of interest as experts attempted to connect biology, human capacity, and policy. In the past and the present, eugenics speaks to questions of race, class, gender and sex, evolution, governance, nationalism, disability, and the social implications of science. In the current climate, in which the human genome project, stem cell research, and new reproductive technologies have proven so controversial, the history of eugenics has much to teach us about the relationship between scientific research, technology, and human ethical decision-making. The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading international figures in the discipline give critical examination of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. --Book Jacket Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late 19th to the mid-20th century in a transnational phenomenon that informed social and scientific policy across the political spectrum. This book dispels the automatic and exclusive link between eugenics and the Holocaust. Alison Bashford is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney. She has published widely on the modern history of science and medicine, including Purity and Pollution and Imperial Hygiene, and has co-edited Contagion, Isolation, and Medicine at the Border Philippa Levine Is The Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor In The Humanities At The University Of Texas At Austin. Her Books Include Prostitution, Race And Politics: Policing Venereal Disease In The British Empire, And The British Empire, Sunrise To Sunset. --