A Human Garden : : French Policy and the Transatlantic Legacies of Eugenic Experimentation / / Paul-André Rosental.
Well into the 1980s, Strasbourg, France, was the site of a curious and little-noted experiment: Ungemach, a garden city dating back to the high days of eugenic experimentation that offered luxury living to couples who were deemed biologically fit and committed to contractual childbearing targets. Su...
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Rosental, Paul-André, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Human Garden : French Policy and the Transatlantic Legacies of Eugenic Experimentation / Paul-André Rosental. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 16 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Intellectual and Political History of a Human Garden (1880s–1980s) -- Part II. Eugenics, Biopolitics and Welfare in a Transatlantic Perspective (1914–1968) -- Part III. Eugenics and Developmental Psychology: A Neglected Legacy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. Forgetting Eugenics: Back to the Ungemach Gardens -- Appendix. Works by Abel Ruffenach, Pseudonym of Alfred Dachert -- Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects and Institutions restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Well into the 1980s, Strasbourg, France, was the site of a curious and little-noted experiment: Ungemach, a garden city dating back to the high days of eugenic experimentation that offered luxury living to couples who were deemed biologically fit and committed to contractual childbearing targets. Supported by public authorities, Ungemach aimed to accelerate human evolution by increasing procreation among eugenically selected parents. In this fascinating history, Paul-André Rosental gives an account of Ungemach’s origins and its perplexing longevity. He casts a troubling light on the influence that eugenics continues to exert—even decades after being discredited as a pseudoscience—in realms as diverse as developmental psychology, postwar policymaking, and liberal-democratic ideals of personal fulfilment. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Eugenics France Strasbourg History 20th century. Garden cities France Strasbourg History 20th century. HISTORY / Europe / France. bisacsh alfred sauvy. biology. childbearing. childbirth. children. contemporary. democratic. developmental psychology. eugenics. experiment. forgotten history. france. frederick osborn. garden. guinea pigs. human evolution. john stuart mill. liberal. master race. modern history. morals. philosophy. postwar. problematic. procreation. pseudoscience. racism. research. scholarly. scientific. social studies. strasbourg. theorists. true story. ungemach. Porter, Theodore M., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110997729 ZDB-23-BHBO print 9781789205435 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789205442?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789205442 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781789205442/original |
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