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The Unfit
A History of a Bad Idea
by Elof Axel Carlson
ISBN: 0879695870
ISBN-13: 9780879695873
Format: Hardcover
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"…Carlson's thoroughly readable, at times wryly entertaining, account of the history of the old eugenics shows that it was not invented by monsters, and that while some of its proponents were people one would not invite to lunch, many were progressive, decent radicals and doctors with a passion for constructive social reform." -- Elof Axel Carlson
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 451
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The Unfit: A History of a Bad Idea
Elof Axel Carlson
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2001-06-15. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked interior. Solid, square binding. Very slight bump to base of spine. Dustjacket with very light wear. ( more information) Offered by Butler Rare Books (United States)
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Unfit: A History of a Bad Idea
Carlson, Elof Axel
Woodbury: Cold Spring Harbor, 2001. 1st ed. Hardcover. . As New/As New. Perfectly new in publisher's shrinkwrap. . ( more information) Offered by Schroeder's Book Haven (United States)
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The Unfit : A History of a Bad Idea
Carlson, Elof Axel
Woodbury, NY, U.S.A.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2001 Same Day Dispatch on orders received before 3.30. Soft Cover. New - Shrinkwrapped/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean Copy. ( more information) Offered by PsychoBabel Books & Journals (United Kingdom)
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UNFIT A History of a Bad Idea
Carlson, Elof Axel
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S., 2001. Hardback. NEW CONDITION. 451 pages ( more information) Offered by Dagwood Books (United Kingdom)
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ELOF CARLSON
Scion Publishing Ltd, 2-Au. Brand new. The bad idea is that some people are simply unfit to live and reproduce. Carlson (biochemistry and cell biology, Stony Brook U.) explores degeneracy theory and its relation to eugenics in sections covering from biblical times to Darwin; the rise of eugenics; and racism, the Holocaust, and beyond. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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The Unfit: A History of a Bad Idea
Carlson, Elof Axel
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2001 Cloth, gilt, xiv, 451 pp., illus., biblio., index; 24 cm. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Authorial signature, no dedication/front free endpaper, otherwise tight & clean. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. "The Unfit, by Elof Carlson, explores the sources of a movement - negative eugenics - that was used to justify the Holocaust, which claimed millions of innocent lives in World War II. The title reflects the nearly three centuries of belief that some people are socially unfit by virtue of a defective biology, and echoes an earlier theory of degeneracy, dating to biblical antiquity, in which some people were deemed unfit because of some transgression against religious law. The author presents the first biological theory of degeneracy - onanism - and then follows the development of degeneracy theory throughout the nineteenth century and its application to a variety of social classes. The key intellectual theories and their proponents form the framework of this exploration, which includes the concepts of evolution and heredity and how they were applied to social problems. These ideas are followed into the twentieth century with the development of theories of positive and negative eugenics, the establishment of compulsory sterilization laws, racism and anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust. This story of misapplied science and technology is one that still haunts humanity in the twenty-first century. The ghost of eugenics recurs in many guises during debates and controversies about intelligence testing, genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, gene therapy, new reproductive strategies, and uses of our genomic information. Carlson ends his discussion of the history of humanity in this arena with an exploration of the future of genetics that is based on new technologies and application of the Human Genome Project findings, as well as a discussion of the death of the old eugenics and of the problems that will not go away, including our ambivalence about our own biology." - Publisher.. Signed and Inscribed by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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