Abstract
This article discusses eugenics in the Americas - a scientific ideology that profoundly has affected the history of this region - and identifies common themes and varied examples for comparison. These examples demonstrate the influence of the 'well-born science' on medicine, psychiatry, education, and public policy. This article includes a broad overview of eugenics in South and North America, pointing out areas of differences and commonalities. The chapter also discusses examples of formal eugenics organizations, in their national and pan-American context and the utility of eugenics for its practitioners. The article finishes discussing examples of eugenic practice through immigration policy, puériculture programs, and sterilization.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 246-252 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Edition | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Biotypology
- Birth control
- Eugenics
- Euthanasia
- Gender
- Homiculture
- Immigration
- Lamarckian inheritance
- Puériculture
- Race
- Sterilization
