Davenport's dream : 21st century reflections on heredity and eugenics
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Davenport's dream : 21st century reflections on heredity and eugenics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-287) and index
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In 1911, the influential geneticist Charles Davenport published Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, advancing his ideas of how genetics would improve society in the 20th century. It became a college textbook and a foundation for the widespread eugenics movement in the United States. Nearly 100 years later, many of the issues raised by Davenport are again being debated, in different guises. In this new volume, prominent academics discuss themes from Davenport's book-human genetic variation, mental illness, nature vs. nurture, human evolution-in a contemporary context. Davenport's original book is reprinted along with the essays. This book will be useful to historians of science as well as those interested in the social implications of human genetics research-past, present, and future.
Table of Contents
Preface Jan A. Witkowski and John R. Inglis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Foreword Matt Ridley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Genes and Politics James D. Watson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Charles Benedict Davenport, 1866-1944 Jan A. Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory The Eugenic World of Charles Benedict Davenport Elof A. Carlson, University at Stony Brook Davenport's Dream Maynard V. Olson, University of Washington Genetic Determinism and Evolutionary Ethics: A Mitochondrial Perspective Douglas C. Wallace, University of California, Irvine Psychiatric Genetics in an Era of Relative Enlightenment Daniel R. Weinberger, National Institute of Mental Health, and David Goldman, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Genes in Mind? Lindsey Kent, St. Andrews University, and Simon Baron-Cohen, Cambridge University Davenport and Heredity Counseling Philip R. Reilly, Interleukin Genetics Genetics and Equality Ronald Dworkin, New York University School of Law Genetics and Human Nature Lewis Wolpert, University College London A Reprint of Heredity in Relation to Eugenics Charles Benedict Davenport (Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911) Index
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