What is Eugenics?

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"What is Eugenics?" is a book by Leonard Darwin that explains and advocates the early 20th-century social and scientific movement aimed at improving human populations through controlled breeding.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
advocates controlled human breeding
improvement of human populations
author Leonard Darwin
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes early 20th-century eugenics movement
explains concepts of negative eugenics
concepts of positive eugenics
fieldOfStudy genetics (early 20th-century understanding)
social biology
social policy
genre eugenics literature
scientific popularization
hasForm prose
hasMoralStance supports selective breeding for human traits
hasPerspective pro-eugenics
historicalContext early 20th-century social reform movements
intendedAudience general educated public
language English
mainSubject eugenics
publicationCentury 20th century
relatedTo British eugenics movement
Eugenics Education Society
workTitle What is Eugenics?

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Leonard Darwin
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What is Eugenics?
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