Science and political culture: Eugenics in comparative perspective

Scandinavian Journal of History

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-177

  Weingart, Peter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HISTORY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL GENETICS; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SCIENCE; SWEDEN;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUGENICS; EUROPE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SCIENCE; STERILIZATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037785871     PISSN: 03468755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03468759950115782     Document Type: Article

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