Article ID: CBB000021330

Obeying the laws of hereditary descent: Phrenological views on inheritance and eugenics (1982)

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Description In the context of early-19th-century health reform, the phrenologists addressed many of the same issues that were later to be addressed by Social Darwinists and eugenicists.


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Authors & Contributors
Rembis, Michael Allen
Sánchez D. Sánchez
Koester, Carolyn Elizabeth
César Leyton
Wendy Sims-Schouten
Cristián Palacios
Concepts
Eugenics
Degeneration
Evolution
Biology
Social sciences
Science and race
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Ancient
21st century
18th century
Places
United States
Illinois (U.S.)
Great Britain
Turkey
Germany
France
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