Catholicism, Race and Empire : : Eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950 /

Catholicism, Race and Empire : : Eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950 / / Richard Cleminson.

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This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth century Portugal in the context of manifestations in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors limited the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalization, opposition from...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Cleminson, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Chapter I – Introduction
  • Chapter II – The Birth of Eugenics in Portugal: Early Debates and the Social and Scientific Context, 1900–1927
  • Chapter III – Between Consolidation and Institutionalisation: Eugenics, Catholic Opposition and the Salazar Regime, 1927–19
  • Chapter IV – Apogee and Decline: From the Establishment of the Eugenics Society to Dissolution into the Centre for Demographic Studies, 1934–1960
  • Chapter V – ‘Race’, Eugenics and Miscegenation in the Portuguese Metropole and ‘Overseas Territories’
  • Chapter VI – Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix
  • Index

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