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The Nazi symbiosis : human genetics and politics in the Third Reich
- Title
- The Nazi symbiosis : human genetics and politics in the Third Reich / Sheila Faith Weiss.
- Author
- Weiss, Sheila Faith
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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- Description
- 383 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- 'The Nazi Symbiosis' offers a nuanced account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich. It questions whether the motives of German geneticists were much different from the compromises that are faced by researchers from other countries and eras.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Eugenics > Germany > History > 20th century
- Human genetics > Political aspects > Germany > 20th century
- Human genetics > Government policy > Germany > 20th century
- Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects > Germany > 20th century
- National socialism and science
- Eugenics
- Human genetics > Government policy
- Human genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
- Politics and government
- Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- Germany
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-370) and index.
- Exhibitions (note)
- Not yet exhibited
- Contents
- An old legend and a new legacy -- Human heredity and eugenics make their international debut -- The devil's directors at Dahlem -- The Munich pact -- The politics of professional talk -- Politicized pedagogy -- The international human genetics community faces Nazi Germany -- The road not taken elsewhere : was there something unique about human heredity during the Third Reich?
- Call Number
- JFE 22-2903
- ISBN
- 9780226891767
- 0226891763
- LCCN
- 2010005549
- 40018633259
- OCLC
- 587209534
- Author
- Weiss, Sheila Faith, author.
- Title
- The Nazi symbiosis : human genetics and politics in the Third Reich / Sheila Faith Weiss.
- Imprint
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-370) and index.
- Exhibitions
- Not yet exhibited AOW
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Rosenberg, Charles E., donor. AOWUniversity of Chicago. Press, publisher.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40018633259
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-2903