Struggle For National Survival

Chinese Eugenics in a Transnational Context, 1896-1945
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-98311-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 309 g

Reihe: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

This dissertation is a historical investigation of the relationship between science and society through the comparative study of eugenics movements as they developed in both Japan and China from the 1890's to the 1940's.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chung, Yuehtsen Juliette

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction A. Eugenics: A Global Interest B. Eugenics: Local Signification Concluding Remarks Chapter 2. Eugenics and Scientific Disciplines The American Connection and Nazi Connection Transplantation: Medicine and Biology Local Science and Competition Strategy Eugenics and Disciplining Learning Concluding Remarks Chapter 3. Lamarckism versus Mendelism: The Politics of Bodyb and Heredity Symptoms: National Character and the Eugenicists' Presentation Diagnosis and Remedies: Eugenic Proposals, Lamarckian or Mendelian? A. China B. Japan Concluding Remarks Chapter 4. Birth Control or Sex Control?: Eugenics and Reproduction Sexuality versus Morality: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in China and Japan Politics of Reproduction Knowledge: Women Scientists and their Lives Concluding Remarks Chapter 5. Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Population Policies Japanese Eugenicists' Involvement and Population Policy: Constructing Ethnic Body and Racial Body Chinese Eugenic Solution and Population Policy: Constructing an Ethnic Nation Conclusion: Postwar Reflections of Two Eugenicists Chapter 6. Conclusion: What Can We Learn From Eugenics? Chapter 7. Epilogue: The Comeback of Eugenics Discourse Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yuehtsen Juliette Chung