9781573923439-1573923435-Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present (Control of Nature)

Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present (Control of Nature)

ISBN-13: 9781573923439
ISBN-10: 1573923435
Edition: Control of Nature
Author: Diane Paul
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Humanities Press
Format: Paperback 170 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781573923439
ISBN-10: 1573923435
Edition: Control of Nature
Author: Diane Paul
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Humanities Press
Format: Paperback 170 pages

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Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present (Control of Nature) (ISBN-13: 9781573923439 and ISBN-10: 1573923435), written by authors Diane Paul, was published by Humanities Press in 1995. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Biology (Biological Sciences, Genetics, Evolution, History of Technology, Technology, Demography, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present (Control of Nature) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.4.

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In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding of those who did not. Controlled human breeding, or "eugenics" as it was called, was a movement with broad support that lasted into the 1930s. In this concise historical account, the author answers the questions of why eugenics, the search for means to propagate only "good genes," was so attractive earlier in the twentieth century, why it then fell into disrepute, and whether it has returned today in the new guise of genetic counseling.

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