Ideas of heredity, reproduction and eugenics in Britain, 1800-1875

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 457-489

  Waller, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eugenics; Francis Galton; Hereditarianism; Professionalisation; Reproductive thought; William Farr

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041821448     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(00)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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