The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism
A social-historical study by Allan Chase that traces scientific racism from Malthusian ideas into the eugenics movement. It examines how discrimination was justified over time and tests that logic against the historical record.
Work Information
A study tracing the lineage of discrimination from population theory to eugenics.
Allan Chase's The Legacy of Malthus is a sweeping study of how Malthusian ideas about population flowed into eugenics and scientific racism. By layering historical evidence, it makes the structures of discrimination embedded in modern society visible.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Illinois Pr
- Published
- 1980-04-01
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780252007903
- ISBN-10
- 0252007905
- Price
- 7500 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Professional & Technical/Professional Science/Biological Sciences
A comprehensive account of the origins of scientific racism in the Industrial Revolution, its theorists and propagandists, its malign influence on public policy, and its destructive effects on past and present American life
Reviews
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A very well researched book on the history of the Eugenics movement from Britain to the U.S., to Nazi Germany. Chase proves that Eugenics is still alive under another name. Well-documented.
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This book should be brought back into print! Awesome to discover the historical repercussions of Malthus's horrible ideas.