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In the name of eugenics

genetics and the uses of human heredity

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An edition of In the name of eugenics (1985)

In the name of eugenics

genetics and the uses of human heredity

1st ed.

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Traces the history of eugenics, the science of improving human beings by exploiting theories of heredity, from its late-nineteenth-century origins to the present, addressing such controversial issues as cloning and genetic engineering.

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Knopf
Language
English
Pages
426

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Subjects

Genetic engineering, Eugenics, Race discrimination, Human Heredity, Heredity, Human, History, Genetics, Race Relations, Genetic Engineering

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Cover of: In the name of eugenics
In the name of eugenics: genetics and the uses of human heredity
1995, Harvard University Press
in English - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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Cover of: In the Name of Eugenics
In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity
August 1986, Univ of California Pr
Paperback in English
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Cover of: In the name of eugenics
In the name of eugenics: genetics and the uses of human heredity
1985, Knopf
in English - 1st ed.
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.5
Library of Congress
HQ751 .K48 1985

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Pagination
x, 426 p. ;
Number of pages
426

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OL2868833M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0394507029
LCCN
84047810
OCLC/WorldCat
11157577
Library Thing
20841
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1365467

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