Perfecting people: Selective breeding at the Oneida Community (1869-1879) and the Eugenics Movement

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-71

  Richards, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMMUNITY; EXPERIMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LOVE; MARRIAGE; MATING; MEDICAL GENETICS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; THEOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CONSANGUINITY; EUGENICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; NEW YORK; UTOPIAS;

EID: 2442430558     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463677042000189615     Document Type: Article

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