Here are your show notes for today’s class:
PRECURSORS
An Essay on the Principle of Population
On The Origin of Species: The story of Darwin’s title
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GENERAL BACKGROUND
eugenics (Britannica)
Eugenics (Stanford)
Eugenics (Slide Presentation)
History of Eugenics (Slide Presentation)
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FOUNDERS
Learn about Francis Galton and the beginnings of eugenics, or “race science,” and consider the relationship between science and society.
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HISTORY
Eugenics: Its Origin and Development (1883 – Present) NIH
The Fabian Society, Eugenics and the Historic Forces Behind Today’s Systemic Breakdown
Eugenics in the United States: The Forgotten Movement
The Early History of the Eugenics Movement
Eugenics and Scientific Racism NIH
Eugenics is an inaccurate theory linked to historical and present-day forms of discrimination, racism, ableism and colonialism. It has persisted in policies and beliefs around the world, including the United States.
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FAMOUS EUGENICISTS
21 Historical Figures You Didn’t Know Supported The Eugenics Movement
G.B. Shaw, defender of Stalinism and eugenics
The Irish writer was a fierce defender of the Soviet Union and its regime and even a supporter of eugenics, promoting the idea of killing people who weren’t ‘useful’to society.
George Bernard Shaw Was so Enamored with Socialism He Advocated Genocide to Advance It
For decades, Shaw was a staunch proponent of genocide, refusing to soften his views even after the full horror of the Nazi death camps was brought to light.
What Margaret Sanger Really Said About Eugenics and Race
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POLITICAL LEGACIES
Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left’s closet
Eugenics and the master race of the left – archive, 1997
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BOOKS
American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism
The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
Hitler’s Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State
Hitler’s Professors: The Part of Scholarship in Germany’s Crimes Against the Jewish People
THE ROAD TO CONCORD 