Our Own Master Race : : Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945 /

Our Own Master Race : : Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945 / / Angus McLaren.

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Was Canada immune to the racist currents of thought that swept central Europe in the 1920's and 1930's? In this landmark book Angus McLaren, co-author of The Bedroom and the State, examines the pervasiveness in Canada of the eugenic notion of "race betterment" and demonstrates th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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McLaren, Angus,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1990
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Canadian Social History Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (230 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Birth of Biological Politics
  • 2. Public Health and Hereditarian Concerns
  • 3. Stemming the Flood of Defective Aliens
  • 4. Sex, Science, and Race Betterment
  • 5. Creating a Haven for Human Thoroughbreds
  • 6. The Eugenics Society of Canada
  • 7. Genetics, Eugenics, and Human Pedigrees
  • 8. The Death of Eugenics?
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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