The History of Eugenics in Global PerspectivePresents the very first global treatment of eugenics, pursuing a thematic approach in individual countries. For a long time, eugenics was closely identified by historians with the mass murder of people who were disabled and of people who were considered part of the "Jewish race" in Nazi Germany. The last three decades have finally seen a growing number of publications that have explored the thriving eugenics movement in the United States and more recently also in Canada. Research about eugenics in the United States, Canada, and Germany has, however, been conducted in isolation from each other. Few scholars such as Stefan Kuehl and Egbert Klautke have looked at the intersections of eugenic research, organization, and practice between the eugenics movements in these three countries. This book presents the very first global treatment of eugenics. It does not claim that eugenics was the same in countries such as the United States, Germany or China, but that developments in each country emerged from intensive contacts between eugenicists in these countries with each other. These eugenicists spoke the same language, followed similar trajectories, and shared a common vision. |
