Lowenfeld, Daniel (Author)
St. John's University (New York)
Physical Details: 136 pp.
Language: English
Eugenics, the idea of selectively breeding the human race, found a large following in many nations in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. There were eugenic organizations in United States, Germany, England, France, Brazil, China, the USSR and many others. These organizations were deeply connected to each other in many ways. They formed an international movement which pushed for "rational" and selective breeding of human beings. The movement even had several international conferences and definable phases with commonalities in each nation. The first phase, 1865 to 1911, details the initial writings of Francis Galton. In a time of great social problems, brought on by the Industrial Revolution, Galton wrote about the need to breed fit human beings to help with England's growing pains. Galton's international peers wrote novels and articles trying to popularize eugenic ideals. The second phase, 1912 to 1920, saw the mass acceptance of eugenics in the scientific and academic community. Studies were done and shared to show the supposed certainty and necessity of eugenics. The third phase, the 1920s, found the institutionalization of eugenics in many governments. The final phase, the 1930s, saw eugenics as a popular cultural phenomenon. There were popular works, constant news stories and even classes taught about eugenics. This lasted until eugenics began to find an extreme proponent in Nazi Germany. Nazi eugenics and World War II forced many to question the theory and brought about a decline in eugenic followers. It is important to see the birth and popularization of eugenics as an international event to appreciate the true historical context for its existence and what came after.
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