Eugenics at the Edges of Empire New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Paul, Diane B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Stenhouse, John (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Spencer, Hamish G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Imperialism.; Social history.; History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Social History.; History of Science.

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 S...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction, Eugenics as a Transnational Subject: The British Dominions; Diane B. Paul, John Stenhouse and Hamish G. Spencer
• 2. "The Liberty of the Nation": The Limits of Illiberalism: Eugenics in Australia and New Zealand; Stephen Garton
• 3. Eugenics in Canada:Choice, Coercion and Context; Erika Dyck
• 4. The Nature of Eugenic Thought and Limits of Eugenic Practice in Inter-War Saskatchewan; Alexander Deighton
• 5. Eugenic Sterilization in New Zealand: The Story of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act of 1928; Hamish G. Spencer
• 6. Debating Clause 21: 'Eugenic Marriage' in New Zealand; Angela Wanhalla
• 7. Undesirable Bill's Undesirables Bill: William Pember Reeves and Early Eugenics in New Zealand; John Stenhouse
• 8. Thinking Dangerous Thoughts: Post-primary Education and Eugenics in Australia: 1905-1939; Ross L. Jones
• 9. 'Of Eugenic Interest'? Baby Shows before the Great War; Caroline Daley
• 10. Sir Robert Stout as Freethinker and Eugenics Enthusiast; Emma Gattey
• 11. Revisiting Three Eugenic Moments: 1903, 1928, 1937: The Disappointments and Hopes of Antipodean Progressives; Charlotte Macdonald
• 12. Truby King, Infant Welfare, and the Boundaries of Eugenics; Diane B. Paul
• 13. 'Aristocrats of Knowledge': Māori Anthropologists and the Survival of the 'Race'; Barbara Brookes
• 14. Eugenics and the Maintenance of White Supremacy in Modern South Africa; Susanne M. Klausen. .