Description: Eugenics at the Edges of Empire Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa Author(s): Diane B. Paul, John Stenhouse, Hamish G. Spencer Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG ISBN-13: 9783319878508, 978-3319878508 Synopsis This volume explores the history of eugenics in four Dominions of the British Empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and South Africa. These self-governing colonies reshaped ideas absorbed from the metropole in accord with local conditions and ideals. Compared to Britain (and the US, Germany, and Scandinavia), their orientation was generally less hereditarian and more populist and agrarian. It also reflected the view that these young and enterprising societies could potentially show Britain the way - if they were protected from internal and external threat. This volume contributes to the increasingly comparative and international literature on the history of eugenics and to several ongoing historiographic debates, especially around issues of race. As white-settler societies, questions related to racial mixing and purity were inescapable, and a notable contribution of this volume is its attention to Indigenous populations, both as targets and on occasion agents of eugenic ideology.
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Book Title: Eugenics at the Edges of Empire
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Eugenics at the Edges of Empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Science, History
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 445 g
Type: Textbook
Author: John Stenhouse, Hamish G. Spencer, Diane B. Paul
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Paperback
