Struggle For National Survival

Chinese Eugenics in a Transnational Context, 1896-1945
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93366-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

This dissertation is a historical investigation of the relationship between science and society through the comparative study of eugenics movements as they developed in both Japan and China from the 1890's to the 1940's.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chung, Yuehtsen Juliette

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of TablesAcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionA. Eugenics: A Global InterestB. Eugenics: Local SignificationConcluding RemarksChapter 2. Eugenics and Scientific DisciplinesThe American Connection and Nazi ConnectionTransplantation: Medicine and BiologyLocal Science and Competition StrategyEugenics and Disciplining LearningConcluding RemarksChapter 3. Lamarckism versus Mendelism: The Politics of Bodyb and HereditySymptoms: National Character and the Eugenicists'PresentationDiagnosis and Remedies: Eugenic Proposals, Lamarckian or Mendelian?A. ChinaB. JapanConcluding RemarksChapter 4. Birth Control or Sex Control?: Eugenics and ReproductionSexuality versus Morality: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in China and JapanPolitics of Reproduction Knowledge: Women Scientists and their LivesConcluding RemarksChapter 5. Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Population PoliciesJapanese Eugenicists' Involvement and Population Policy: Constructing Ethnic Body and Racial BodyChinese Eugenic Solution and Population Policy: Constructing an Ethnic NationConclusion: Postwar Reflections of Two EugenicistsChapter 6. Conclusion: What Can We Learn From Eugenics?Chapter 7. Epilogue: The Comeback of Eugenics DiscourseBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Yuehtsen Juliette Chung