Baltic Eugenics :: Bio-Politics, Race and Nation in Interwar Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1918-1940 /

The history of eugenics in the Baltic States is largely unknown. The book compares for the first time the eugenic projects of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the related disciplines of racial anthropology and psychiatry, and situates them within the wider European context. Strong ethno-nationalism...

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Weitere Verfasser: Felder, Björn M. (Björn Michael), 1974-, Weindling, Paul
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Editions Rodopi, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; 35
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Zusammenfassung:The history of eugenics in the Baltic States is largely unknown. The book compares for the first time the eugenic projects of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the related disciplines of racial anthropology and psychiatry, and situates them within the wider European context. Strong ethno-nationalism defined the nation as a biological group, which was fostered by authoritarian regimes established in Lithuania in 1926, and in Estonia and Latvia in 1934. The eugenics projects were designed to establish a nation in biological terms. Their aims were to render the nation ethnically, genetically and.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789401209762
9401209766
1306183685
9781306183680
9789042037229
9042037229