Heredity and Politics

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-95514-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This book, first published in 1938, is based on the Muirhead Lectures given at Birmingham University in February and March of 1937. The first half of this book is mainly devoted to an exposition of the principles of genetics, whilst the second half deals with more controversial topics, with the text providing an insight into the ideology of the time. This title will be of interest to students of politics and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haldane, J. B. S.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Biology of Inequality 2. The Principles of Human Heredity, as Illustrated by Certain Hereditary Abnormalities 3. The Origin of Hereditary Diseases by Mutation. The Possibilities of Negative Eugenics 4. Differential Fertility, and Positive Eugenics 5. The Nature of Racial Differences 6. The Race Problem Continued, Conclusion; Index

Über Autor(innen)

J. B. S. Haldane