Building the new man : eugenics, racial science and genetics in twentieth-century Italy / Francesco Cassata ; translated by Erin O'Loughlin.

  • Cassata, Francesco.
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Molti, sani e forti. English

Publication/Creation

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2011.

Physical description

ix, 428 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Between Lombroso and Pareto: the Italian way to Eugenics -- Eugenics and Dysgenics of war -- Regenerating Italy (1919-1924) -- Quality through quantity: Eugenics in fascist Italy -- Eugenics and racism (1938-1943) -- Toward a new Eugenics -- Against Unesco: Italian Eugenics and American scientific racism.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JL.34.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9789639776838
  • 9639776831