Blood and homeland; eugenics and racial nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940.9789637326776 Blood and homeland; eugenics eugenics (y  jĕn`ĭks), study of human genetics and of methods to improve the inherited characteristics, physical and mental, of the human race. and racial nationalism in Central and
Southeast Europe, 1900-1940.
Ed. by Marius Turda and Paul J. Weindling. Central European U. Press 2007 467 pages $25.95 Hardcover HQ755 Scholars of history and the social and biological sciences, from eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. and Britain, offer studies of eugenics thought and practice in the 20th century through the two world wars in the area between Germany and Russia, and the Baltics and the Balkans. Their topics include nationalist ideology and racial anthropology in inter-war Yugoslavia, the first debates on eugenics in Hungary 1910- 18, and racial politics and biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. totalitarianism totalitarianism (tōtăl'ĭtâr`ēənĭzəm), a modern autocratic government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens. in inter-war Europe. Most of the 20 papers are from a June 2004 workshop in Budapest. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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