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The Politics of Heredity: Essays on Eugenics, Biomedicine, and the Nature-Nurture Debate
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Hardcover
from State Univ of New York Pr (August 1, 1998)
9780791438213 | details & prices | 219 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $51.50
Paperback
from State Univ of New York Pr (August 1, 1998)
9780791438220 | details & prices | 219 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $31.95
About: This book explores the development of hybrid corn, the history of eugenics, human genetics, the nature-nurture debate, the origins of the Marxian concept of proletarian science, the shift in the meaning of "fitness" in evolutionary theory, the practice of normal science in Nazi Germany, and the making and selling of science textbooks.
About: This book explores the development of hybrid corn, the history of eugenics, human genetics, the nature-nurture debate, the origins of the Marxian concept of proletarian science, the shift in the meaning of "fitness" in evolutionary theory, the practice of normal science in Nazi Germany, and the making and selling of science textbooks.