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Davenport's Dream: 21st Century Reflections on Heredity and Eugenics

Davenport's Dream: 21st Century Reflections on Heredity and Eugenics( )
Editor: Witkowski, Jan A.
Inglis, John R.
ISBN:978-0-87969-756-3
Publication Date:Mar 2008
Publisher:Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $55.00
Book Description:

In 1911, the influential geneticist Charles Davenport published Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, advancing his ideas of how genetics would improve society in the 20th century. It became a college textbook and a foundation for the widespread eugenics movement in the United States. Nearly 100 years later, many of the issues raised by Davenport are again being debated, in different guises. In this new volume, prominent academics discuss themes from Davenport's book --human genetic...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Psychology / Psychopathology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.8 x 6.2 x 1.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.002 Pounds



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