Our Own Master Race: Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945Shows that eugenics drew widespread support in Canada, particularly from the progressive, professional classes. Many prominent Canadians attempted to turn social policies to specifically eugenic ends. |
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Birth of Biological Politics | 13 |
Public Health and Hereditarian Concerns | 28 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Our Own Master Race: Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945 Canadian social history series |
| Author | Angus McLaren |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0771055447, 9780771055447 |
| Length | 228 pages |
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