Mistaking eugenics for social Darwinism: Why eugenics is missing from the history of American economics

History of Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 200-233

  Leonard, Thomas C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644661312     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-37-Suppl_1-200     Document Type: Article

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